Yoni Netanyahu, 1946-1976

The older brother of Benjamin, Netanyahu was a military legend and the assault commander of the elite Sayeret Matkal commandos. A New York native who fought in the June 1967 war, he joined Sayeret Matkal in the early 1970s and was a hero of the 1973 war. He was killed while commanding the successful raid on Entebbe, Uganda, to free hijacked airline passengers in 1976.

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