On the eve of the second Passover holiday, a squad of fivecommandos from the Palestinian Front for the Liberationof Palestine (PFLP) cuts the northern Israel-Lebanonborder fence and penetrates into the Israeli KibbutzMisgav-Am. Their mission is to take hostages in order tonegotiate the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails. Butthat night, most Kibbutz members are away at a concertand the Kibbutz is half empty. A light comes on in one ofthe small houses, making it the target for the commandosto break into. When they realise this is not a family homebut rather the dormitory for the very young children ofthe kibbutz, it is already too late. They do understandthat there can not be any positive outcome to thissituation. But they decide to carry out their mission.When the Kibbutz members become aware of what hashappened, the PFLP commandos barricade themselveswith their hostages: three children aged three and four,two babies of less than a year, and the young nightguardwho volunteered to watch them that night. Flippingbetween the testimonials of the actual participantsof this nightmarish night of 7 April 1980 and highlysuspenseful and dramatic recreation of the events, this2-episode production takes its viewers on a very uniqueemotional rollercoaster.
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