Lt.-Col. Netanyahu fell during the Entebbe rescue operation in 1976, when the IDF freed over 248 hostages from Uganda's Entebbe airport.
Bereavement is always difficult, he said, but more so for those who live with uncertainty and with no grave of the loved one to visit.
The funeral procession departed from Har Bracha on Saturday, as dozens of Israelis lined the highway with Israeli flags.