Who impressed you the most? With Muki Betzer, I had no doubt whatsoever that what he was told me was true. He was the most experienced man in the unit and had taken part in more operations than anyone else. He told me how the operation was planned, how it was executed and said that speed and surprise are everything. When Netanyahu opened fire, [Betzer] was stunned, and feared the terrorists would blow up the building with all the people inside, or kill them all.
Bibi was now the man on whose shoulders lay all the history of the Jews as understood by his family. David concurs with this assessment. This famous operation was very useful for him. His brother had become a martyr. Entebbe was also the first in a series of airplane hijackings. One of the biggest was the hijacking of Lufthansa , which was forced to land in Mogadishu. Rightly so. The story was much more complex, and it was also important to get to know the terrorists, to try to understand why they chose not to kill all the hostages.
But we need to understand where these people were coming from and, at the same time, to show the mistakes made by the rescuers. In Streetwise Hebrew for the Times of Israel Community, each month we learn several colloquial Hebrew phrases around a common theme. These are bite-size audio Hebrew classes that we think you'll really enjoy. This month, we're learning phrases on the topic of strength and power. Ready to get tough with us? So now we have a request.
However, feeling restless at being away from Israel, especially with Israel skirmishing against Egypt during the War of Attrition , Yoni transferred to Jerusalem's Hebrew University in In early , he left his studies and returned to the army. In the early s, Netanyahu joined the elite special forces unit Sayeret Matkal and in the summer of was appointed as the unit's deputy commander.
During that year, he commanded a raid, Operation Crate 3, in which senior Syrian officers were captured and exchanged in return for captive Israeli pilots. The following year he participated in Operation Spring of Youth in which the alleged terrorists and leadership of Black September were selectively killed by Sayeret Matkal , Shayetet and the Mossad. During the Yom Kippur War in October , Netanyahu commanded a Sayeret Matkal force in the Golan Heights that killed more than 40 Syrian Commando officers in a battle which thwarted the Syrian commandos' raid into the Golan's heartland.
Netanyahu then volunteered to serve as armor commander, due to the heavy casualties inflicted on the Israeli Armored Corps during the war, with a disproportionate number of these in the officer ranks. Netanyahu excelled in Tank Officers course and was given command of the Barak Armored Brigade, which had been shattered during the war.
Netanyahu turned his brigade into the leading military unit in the Golan Heights. The mission was a huge success as the commandos breached the zone, rescued of the hostages and killed all the terrorists and dozens of Ugandan soldiers. Netanyahu, however, was killed during the raid - the only Israeli casualty.
Netanyahu was buried in Jerusalem's Military Cemetery at Mount Herzl on July 6, , following a military funeral attended by enormous crowds and top-ranking officials. In , he and Tuti were divorced. Netanyahu was living with his girlfriend of two years, Bruria, at the time of his death.
In , many of Netanyahu's personal letters were published. In another week I'll be On me, on us, the young men of Israel, rests the duty of keeping our country safe.
This is a heavy responsibility, which matures us early
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