Editing Yonatan Netanyahu (section)

{{Short description|Israeli military officer (1946–1976)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Yonatan Netanyahu
| native_name   = יוֹנָתָן נְתַנְיָהוּ
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_date    = March 13, 1946
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1976|7|4|1946|3|13}}
| birth_place   = New York City, US
| death_place   = [[Entebbe]], Uganda
| image         = Yonatan Netanyahu ca 1974.jpg
| alt           = Headshot of Yonatan Netanyahu 
| caption       = Last known photo of Netanyahu, taken shortly before his death in [[Entebbe raid|Operation Entebbe]]<ref>[http://followmethemovie.com/gallery/ ''Follow Me'' image gallery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203020345/http://followmethemovie.com/gallery/ |date=February 3, 2013 }}</ref>
| nickname      = Yoni ({{lang|he|יוּנִי}})
| branch        = [[Israeli Ground Forces|Ground Forces]]
| serviceyears  = 1964–1976
| rank          = ''[[Sgan Aluf]]''
| commands      = [[Sayeret Matkal]]
| unit          = [[Paratroopers Brigade]]
| battles       = {{tree list}}
* [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]
** [[Six-Day War]]
** [[War of Attrition]]
** [[Yom Kippur War]]
** [[Entebbe raid|Operation Entebbe]]{{KIA}}
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        = [[Medal of Distinguished Service]]
| laterwork     = 
| alma_mater    = {{ubl
  | [[Harvard University]]
  | [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]
  }}
| spouse        = {{marriage|Tirza Goodman|1967|1972|reason=div}}
| relations     = {{ubl
  | [[Nathan Mileikowsky]] (grandfather)
  | [[Benzion Netanyahu]] (father)
  | [[Elisha Netanyahu]] (uncle)
  | [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] (brother)
  | [[Iddo Netanyahu]] (brother)
  | [[Nathan Netanyahu]] (cousin)
  | [[Yair Netanyahu]] (nephew)
  }}
}}

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'''Yonatan Netanyahu'''{{efn|{{langx|he|יוֹנָתָן נְתַנְיָהוּ}}, {{IPA|he|jonaˈtan netanˈjahu|pron}}}} ({{Langx|he|יוֹנָתָן נְתַנְיָהוּ}}; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded [[Sayeret Matkal]] during the [[Entebbe raid]]. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 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 [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Libya]] and then to [[Second Republic of Uganda|Uganda]], where they received support from Ugandan dictator [[Idi Amin]]. Though Israel's counter-terrorist operation was a success, with 102 of the 106 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]] and brother of Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin 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 transferring to the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in 1968; soon thereafter, he left his studies and returned to military service in Israel. He joined Sayeret Matkal in the early 1970s and was awarded the [[Medal of Distinguished Service]] for his conduct in the [[Yom Kippur War]]. After his death, Operation Entebbe was renamed "Operation Yonatan" in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/25/entebbe-raid-40-years-on-israel-palestine-binyamin-netanyahu-jonathan-freedland|title= 'We thought this would be the end of us': the raid on Entebbe, 40 years on |website=TheGuardian.com |date= June 25, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/03/meet-the-youngest-hostages-freed-by-israeli-commandos-40-years-ago-at-entebbe/|title= Meet the youngest hostages freed by Israeli commandos 40 years ago at Entebbe |website=WashingtonPost.com |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref>