PM nods off at Entebbe memorial, earning wifely poke
Netanyahu appears to sneak a few moments of shut-eye during reading of names of victims of 1976 raid
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have said he was “moved” to be in Entebbe, Uganda, 40 years after his brother was killed there rescuing Israeli hostages, but it took his wife Sara to stir him from a brief slumber on the dais at Monday’s memorial ceremony.
While the names of those killed in Operation Entebbe were read aloud, Netanyahu was caught on camera apparently sneaking a few moments of shut-eye. Sara Netanyahu, who was sitting beside him, can be seen tapping him, at which points he lifts his head and opens his eyes.
The prime minister appeared to drift off after an hour-long ceremony honoring the victims of the 1976 Entebbe raid, the first event in Netanyahu’s itinerary during his visit to four East African states.
After a long flight to Uganda, Netanyahu said he was “moved to stand here on the place where IDF troops rescued hostages here in the heart of Africa, so far from home.”
40 שנה למבצע אנטבה באוגנדה: ראש הממשלה נתניהו מתקשה להישאר ערני במהלך הטקס > https://t.co/VHaY7R1T3W pic.twitter.com/zgfeFTqaEz
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His brother Yoni, who he said charged at the head of the force that landed in the airport and attacked the terrorists who hijacked a plane full of Israelis, was the only soldier killed in the raid. Four hostages also died.
“Entebbe is always with me, in my thoughts, my consciousness and deep in my heart,” Netanyahu said.
The Times of Israel Community.