“He had a great soul.”Looking back on Yoni Netanyahu is like looking back on any hero. Mr. Netanyahu, 66, is calculating and gruff; he picks his words slowly and carefully, his deep voice coming across almost like a grumble. Yoni Netanyahu, the only Israeli soldier killed at Entebbe, became an icon in Israel and across the Jewish diaspora. He asked Mr. Netanyahu if he wanted to serve as the embassy’s No. No way.”PhotoWithin a few days, a long-shot plan began to take shape, and a key figure in forming it, former soldiers and officials said in recent interviews, was Yoni Netanyahu.

Source: New York Times July 04, 2016 09:00 UTC