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Friday, July 5, 2024
PM attends memorial for slain brother Yoni Netanyahu along with family, MKs
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his family at a memorial for his brother Yoni, who was killed in an operation to free Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.
Netanyahu and his brother Iddo, say the memorial Kadish prayer and lay a wreath at his grave at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Netanyahu, his brother, his wife Sara, and son Avner, are joined by Knesset speaker Amir Ohana and other ministers, lawmakers, and friends of Yoni.