Africa: Israeli Leader Makes Landmark African Tour

Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Uganda on Monday as the first Israeli prime minister to visit sub-Saharan Africa in 30 years. For personal reasons, this could be an emotionally-charged visit for the 66-year-old leader.

This visit to Uganda has an element of personal tragedy for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Forty years ago, on July 4, 1976, his brother Yonatan was killed while leading a commando raid in Entebbe to free passengers aboard a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German militants. About 100 Israeli and Jewish hostages were freed in the raid but 20 Ugandan soldiers and seven hijackers were killed, along with several Ugandan civilians. Yonatan Netanyahu was the sole casualty among the Israeli assault team.