After the Six-Day War in June, 1967, Egypt lost Sinai to Israel. The Egyptian military then confronted the need to re-build its strategic, infrastructure and manpower abilities. The War of Attrition was soon initiated and Major Nour's assignment with his Special Forces Shock troop was a reprisal raid to destroy the largest Israeli camp in central Sinai with the aid of the heroic Sinai tribesmen.
The film revolves around the Egyptian Thunderbolt forces during the war of attrition, headed by the leader of group 39 of the fighting division, the martyr Ibrahim Rifai.