Benjamin Netanyahu participated and served in the military.
When he was 18 years old, Netanyahu went to Israel to complete his enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces. One of the interesting facts about Benjamin Netanyahu is that he later joined the Sayeret Matkal, Israel's top special forces organization, and took part in the rescue of passengers from a hijacked plane at Tel Aviv airport in 1972. He worked as a captain for Sayeret Matkal, an elite commando unit, for five years.
In 1973, after leaving Massachusetts to fight for his country, he participated in the Yom Kippur War. The Entebbe attack was led by his brother Jonathan in 1976. Officially known as Operation Entebbe, the raid took place in Uganda on July 4, 1976, as part of a counterterrorism rescue operation. Although the effort was successful in saving the hostages' lives, Netanyahu's brother passed away in the raid. Ben formed an organization to support anti-terrorist talks after this. Following the Yom Kippur War, he was let go from the IDF after six years of service, during which he rose to the rank of captain.
