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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd right) is joined by family and friends at a memorial for his brother Yonatan, who was killed in the operation to free Israeli hostages at Entebbe, at Mount Herzl military cemetery, Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 9, 2026, 11:13 pm
Veterans of Entebbe raid to boycott state ceremony marking 50 years since rescue
Dozens who took part in rescue operation alongside PM’s slain brother say they refuse to ‘serve as window dressing’ to Netanyahu, who ‘abandoned hostages’ in Hamas tunnels
By ToI Staff
Five-year-old Ella Rosenkovitch is held and kissed at celebrations following the return of return of Israeli hostages from Entebbe, July 4, 1976. 'I don't know who the man in this picture is,' she says. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2026, 8:07 am
Rescued at Entebbe 50 years ago, former child hostage feels her experience resonating today
Ella Rosenkovitch was on her way to visit grandparents with her family when their flight was hijacked to Uganda by terrorists. Half a century later, the memories pushed her to speak out
By Zev Stub
A cheering crowd at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport raises a member of the rescue squad that freed the hijacked hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. In the background is the C-130 transport plane that took part in the raid. The rescuer's face is obscured for security reasons. (AP Photo/Pool)
June 27, 2026, 10:51 am
‘Operation Thunderbolt’: 50 years to the heroic raid on Entebbe
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the 1977 Israeli adventure film based on the real-life daring IDF rescue of over 100 hostages from Uganda that had taken place only a year earlier
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
A cheering crowd at Ben-Gurion Airport raises a soldier in the rescue squad that freed the hijacked hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. In the background is the C-130 transport plane which took part in the raid. The rescuer's face is obscured for security reasons. (AP Photo/Pool)
June 26, 2026, 6:00 am
‘Zero hour is coming’: How Israel went from negotiating over hostages to the daring raid at Entebbe
The Entebbe rescue operation, whose 50th anniversary is approaching, is the stuff of Israeli legend. A new trove of archival documents shows how the government took the fateful decision — despite the risks
By Ben Sales and Stav Levaton
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial event for his brother Yoni, in front of Yoni's grave (foreground) at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 13, 2023, 1:24 pm
Man indicted for leaving threatening letter to Netanyahu on grave of PM’s brother
Prosecutors say Kfar Saba resident, 26, demanded PM secure release of body of Hadar Goldin, the suspect’s youth group counselor; suspect says he ‘escaped’ mental health institution
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial event for his brother Yoni, in front of Yoni's grave (foreground) at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 2, 2023, 12:39 am
Suspect arrested over threatening letter to Netanyahu left on brother’s grave
26-year-old from Kfar Saba in police, Shin Bet custody for note calling on premier to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu his wife Sara, family and friends attend a memorial ceremony for Netanyahu's brother, Yoni Netanyahu, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem, on June 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2023, 2:06 pm
Letter threatening PM found on grave of his brother, Yoni Netanyahu
Police and Shin Bet investigating; note calls on Netanyahu to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives; apparently unrelated to judicial overhaul disputes
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack, during a shiva visit to Efrat on April 16, 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 16, 2023, 4:02 pm
‘They live on through you’: Netanyahu visits grieving Dee family at Efrat home
Rabbi Leo Dee tells PM he doesn’t regret for one moment moving to Israel; daughter Tali asks PM how he dealt with pain of the death of his brother Yoni in 1976 Entebbe raid
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
An anti-government protester sticks a poster with the slogan 'Don't Come Back' during a demonstration outside Ben Gurion Airport against the controversial judicial reform bill as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Germany on an official visit on March 15, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
March 15, 2023, 8:06 pm
‘Don’t come back’: Protesters again block airport access, as Netanyahu flight delayed
Police hand out 30 fines to demonstrators for blocking traffic starting at noon; but PM puts off departure until 10 p.m., for talks on judicial overhaul compromise
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Entebbe hostages come home, July 4, 1976. (IDF archives)
March 5, 2023, 11:00 am
Entebbe rescue squad blasts Netanyahu for ‘sacrificing country for own interests’
Veterans cite leadership of PM’s brother, killed during operation, while calling out premier for ‘divide and rule’ tactics, blast him for comparing demonstrators to Huwara rioters
By Michael Horovitz
Israeli commandos in a black-painted Mercedes-Benz. (Defense Ministry archive)
August 23, 2021, 4:51 am
Entebbe in person: A new oral history challenges official account of 1976 rescue
Brimming with detail and at times looking to settle old scores, newly translated book ‘Entebbe Declassified’ brings voices of the commandos who took part in the legendary operation
By Judah Ari Gross
Yoni Netanyahu, in a photograph taken shortly before his death at Entebbe in 1976. (GPO, Wikimedia)
July 10, 2021, 6:43 pm
Yoni Netanyahu’s heroism was related to his emotional distress, researchers say
Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, a special forces commander killed in Entebbe, defined himself as a savior in letters, also expressed his loneliness and inner turmoil
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu attends a tour of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on October 23, 2007. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
June 14, 2021, 7:55 am
Milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political rise and fall
From becoming Israel’s youngest-ever prime minister to becoming its longest-serving one, the ups and downs of the Likud leader ousted from power on Sunday
By AFP and ToI Staff
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, left, Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Reuven Azman, right, and Kyiv resident Felix Gelfer, a Ukrainian Jew who was circumcised earlier in the day in honor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 20, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2019, 4:38 pm
Ukrainian Jewish man, 70, undergoes circumcision in honor of Netanyahu visit
At event for Jewish community, PM meets septuagenarian Felix Gelfer, who took the Hebrew name Yonatan after Netanyahu’s late IDF commando brother
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and Dr. Ido Netanyahu, left, receive the personal effects of their brother Yoni in Jerusalem on April 15, 2019. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 17, 2019, 8:07 pm
Netanyahu receives late brother’s haggadah, but report indicates it may be fake
Prime minister given personal items that belonged to Yoni Netanyahu from army buddy, but some items may never have belonged to famed Entebbe raid leader
By ToI Staff and JTA
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