“Tonight, private grief is intertwined with national pain. I remember my brothers-in-arms who fell in defense of our homeland.”

Tonight I remember, as I remember every day of my life, my beloved brother Yoni, who fell while commanding the Sayeret Matkal force in Operation Yonatan to free hostages in Entebbe. Yoni, as the years pass, the longing only grows, and the pain only deepens.” – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו