Person:Yonatan Netanyahu (1)
Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu
b.13 Mar 1946 New York City, New York, United States
d.4 Jul 1976 Entebbe, Central, Uganda
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m. 1944
  1. Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu1946 - 1976
  2. Binyamin Netanyahu1949 -
  3. Iddo Netanyahu1952 -
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Name Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Mar 1946 New York City, New York, United States
Death[1] 4 Jul 1976 Entebbe, Central, Uganda
Burial[3] 6 Jul 1976 Mount Herzi National Cemetery, Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, Israel
Reference Number? Q318413?
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography and genealogy master index: a consolidated index to more than ... biographical sketches in over ... current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, c1980-).

    Name: Yonatan Netanyahu
    Birth Year: 1946
    Death Year: 1976
    Title: Biography Index; Biography Index; Biography Index
    Title Pen: 0269; 3479; 5331
    Title Code: BioIn 12; BioIn 21; BioIn 28
    Accession Number: 3357894

  2.   Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current.

    Name: Yonatan Netanyahu
    Birth Date: 13 Mar 1946
    Birth Place: New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America
    Death Date: 4 Jul 1976
    Death Place: Uganda
    Cemetery: Mount Herzl National Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
    Has Bio?: Y

  3. ↑ Find A Grave.

    Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu
    Birth: Mar. 13, 1946
    New York
    New York County (Manhattan)
    New York, USA
    Death: Jul. 4, 1976, Uganda

    Israeli Army Officer. He was killed leading the raid on Entebbe airport. A Harvard University graduate, he was wounded in the 1967 Six Day War and performed great acts of heroism in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. As head of Israel's elite Sayaret Matkal unit, he was assigned the task of putting together the rescue of 103 Jewish hostages from a hijacked Air France plane being held by German and Arab terrorists at Entebbe Airport, Uganda. Flying for 12 hours under enemy radar, the task force landed, rescued the hostages and were airborne in 90 minutes. During a fire-fight with Ugandan army regulars, Netanyahu was shot in the back by a sniper in the air traffic tower. After his death it was revealed that he was an agent for the Mossad as well. He was the older brother of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Buried in Mount Herzl Military Cemetary, Jerusalem, Israel.

    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10697047&ref=acom

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