Tanzania, Aug. 2 -- Entebbe. The Ugandan government has unveiled a memorial statue in honour of Lt Col Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, the elder brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was killed while leading the famed Entebbe hostage rescue operation in 1976.

The monument was unveiled by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) on August 1, nearly 50 years after one of the world's most celebrated military rescue missions.

Lt Col Netanyahu, commander of Israel's elite special forces unit, was fatally shot on July 4, 1976, during Operation Entebbe, in which Israeli commandos rescued more than 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport following the hijacking of an Air France flight. He was the only Israeli soldier killed in the o...