Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission

Uganda unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, an Israeli military officer who was killed during a 1976 hostage rescue operation at Entebbe Airport. Netanyahu died while leading a unit tasked with freeing more than 100 hostages who had been held on a hijacked aircraft. He was the only Israeli soldier killed in the operation. Netanyahu is the brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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