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Israeli military officer (–)

Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu^[a] (March 13, – July 4, ) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid.

The raid was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight from Israel to France by Palestinian and German militants, who took control of the aircraft during a stopover in Greece and diverted it to Libya and then to Uganda, where they received support from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

Though Israel's counter-terrorist operation was a success, with of the hostages being rescued, Netanyahu was killed in action – the only Israeli soldier killed during the crisis.

The eldest son of the Israeli professor Benzion Netanyahu, Yonatan was born in New York City and spent much of his youth in the United States, where he attended high school.

After serving in the Israeli military during the Six-Day War, he briefly attended Harvard University before transfer