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Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid.
Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu was a commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal. He was famously killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda. Netanyahu was born on March 13, 1946, in New York City to parents Benzion and Cela who had moved to the States to work for the New Zionist Organization.
Yoni Netanyahu - Short Biography. When Yoni was born on March 13, 1946 in New York City, his parents, Benzion and Cela, were working for the creation of a Jewish State on behalf of the New Zionist Organization. Benzion came to the U.S. from Israel as a member of a delegation headed by V. Jabotinsky, the founder and head of the NZO, and shortly ...
Jul 6, 2011 · Yonatan Netanyahu’s odyssey: From Harvard to Entebbe This week marks the 35th anniversary of the operation to rescue hijacked Air France passengers in which the heroic commander was killed.
Throughout the course of his exceptional military career, which culminated tragically in his last battle against terrorists at Entebbe, Jonathan Netanyahu, known to friends and family as "Yoni," became one of modern Israel's greatest heroes.
Jul 10, 2021 · The late Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu, a commander in the Israel Defense Force’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit who was the older brother of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suffered from...
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(Excerpted from the “Afterword” of The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu by Ma'ariv Publication) In the early part of the critical week beginning Sunday June 27, Yoni was engaged in a military operation which is still to this day classified, shuttling twice from Sinai to central Israel.
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