Yonatan Netanyahu
“Today, we recognize Yonatan Netanyahu not only as a military hero, but as a moral landmark in the struggle for a more just and equitable world.”
Lt. Col. Yoni Netanyahu was killed during “Operation Thunderbolt” to rescue 102 hostages at Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976.
“That’s a very Texan foreign policy,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted of the raid, which happened 47 years ago.
A 26-year-old Kfar Saba resident admitted to writing the letter, which included threats against the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The police and Shin Bet are investigating the incident.
“We must do everything to safeguard this shared home,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The exhibit shows that “neither distance, logistics nor any other challenge would ever prevent Israel from doing the utmost to save the lives of its citizens,” says Israeli Ambassador to Portugal Raphael Gamzou.
Forty-five years after the Entebbe rescue operation, friends and family gather at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who lost his life leading the mission.
Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who, along with his crew, stayed with Israeli and Jewish hostages during the July 1976 hijacking that diverted the plane to Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, has died in Nice at the age of 95.
