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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Yoni, Bibi Netanyahu's brother:

Yoni's Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976

"On 4 July 1976 over a hundred hostages, held at gunpoint in Entebbe, Uganda, were freed in a spectacular rescue operation and flown to safety in Israel, over 2000 miles away. Their captors were Arab and German terrorists, aided by the Ugandan army; their liberators were members of Israel's elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, simply known as "the Unit". Lieutenant-Colonel Yoni (Jonathan) Netanyahu, the Unit's commander, earned world-wide fame in the wake of the operation's stunning success. He was the only Israeli soldier killed in the Entebbe raid.

17 posted on 07/01/2016 1:25:03 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: blam

Wow. I’d never heard of him/that!

Of course, I was educated in a Public Proud-to-Ignore-History School.

*Rolleyes*

Did they have any sisters? They probably kicked @ss, too! ;)


20 posted on 07/01/2016 2:15:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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