In early August 2026, a life-sized bronze monument of Yonatan Netanyahu, the Israeli commando leader killed during the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue raid, was unveiled at Uganda’s Old Entebbe Terminal, 40 kilometers outside the capital Kampala. Commissioned by Ugandan Army Chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba — eldest son of long-serving President Yoweri Museveni — the installation marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most storied special operations in modern Israeli history, and comes just days before Uganda’s parliament approved a controversial deployment of Ugandan troops to Gaza as part of a UN-backed International Stabilisation Force. The timing, against a backdrop of ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians despite a October 2024 ceasefire agreement, has turned the quiet ceremony into a flashpoint for debates over African sovereignty, shifting diplomatic alliances, and the legacy of the 1976 raid.