Entebbe Rescue Operation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: My fourth of July

In an exclusive Fourth of July column, Prime Minister Netanyahu reflects on July 4, 1976 - the day Israeli forces, including his brother Yoni, landed in Entebbe and liberated 103 hostages.

By BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
04/07/2023

Visitors 'vandalize' Yoni Netanyahu's grave with heart-shaped stones

Lt.-Col. Netanyahu fell during the Entebbe rescue operation in 1976, when the IDF freed over 248 hostages from Uganda's Entebbe airport.

Soldiers from Operation Entebbe decry judicial reform in letter to Netanyahu

PM Netanyahu's brother Yoni led Operation Entebbe and was the only one of the fighters to be killed during the mission.

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