Uganda Honours Yoni Netanyahu 50 Years After Entebbe Raid
Uganda Honours the Israeli Commando Who Died at Entebbe — 50 Years Later By Sasanka De Silva Uganda has unveiled a monument to Israeli commando Yoni Netanyahu at Entebbe Airport, 50 years after he died leading the 1976 hostage rescue operation. It is one of the more remarkable twists in the history of the Entebbe hostage crisis. Fifty years after Israeli commandos stormed Uganda's Entebbe Airport to rescue hostages from a hijacked Air France aircraft, Uganda has erected a memorial monument to the Israeli officer who was killed during the operation. The officer was Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu , commander of the Israeli Sayeret Matkal special forces unit that led the assault. He was the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, who would later become Israel's prime minister. From hostage crisis to historic monument On 27 June 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked after leaving Athens while travelling from Tel Aviv to Paris. The hijackers diverted the air...