Yonatan Netanyahu

Yonatan " Yoni " Netanyahu or Jonathan Netanyahu ( born March 13, 1946 in New York City; † July 4, 1976 in Entebbe, Uganda; Hebrew: יונתן " יוני " נתניהו ) was lieutenant colonel of the Sayeret Matkal special unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

Life

Jonathan was the eldest son of Benzion Netanyahu and Zila. His father was a professor of Jewish history and editor of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica. His younger brother, Benjamin Netanyahu was 1996-1999 Prime Minister of Israel, retaining this position again since April 2009. Iddo His brother is a radiologist and writer.

Jonathan Netanyahu was for his service in the Yom Kippur War with the Medal of Distinguished Service (Hebrew: עיטור המופת ) excellent.

He was killed during Operation Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda. He was the leader of the operation, (PFLP ) and two German terrorists of the Revolutionary Cells was sent by Israel to free the largely Jewish hostages Arab terrorists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Netanyahu was the only Israeli killed military personnel of the rescue operation. In his honor, also known as Operation Jonathan the action.

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