Uganda has claimed it might join the Iran war on Israel’s side if the conflict escalates.
This was announced by Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, on X on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
“If Israel needs help, it only need ask” because “their Ugandan brothers are ready to assist”, Muhoozi said.
“We want the war in the Middle East to end now. The world is tired of it. But any talk of destroying or defeating Israel will bring us into the war. On the side of Israel,” he added.
According to reports, Uganda and Israel share a unique bond back in 1976, the Entebbe rescue, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother Yonatan Netanyahu was killed leading the operation.
It was on July 4, 1976, in which Israeli commandos freed 102 hostages from a hijacked Air France plane at Entebbe Airport, Uganda.
The said plane had been hijacked by militants demanding the release of prisoners, with Uganda’s then leader, Idi Amin, backing them.
More than 100 Israeli special forces flew into Uganda in secret and, upon landing, used a decoy convoy resembling Idi Amin’s motorcade to reach the terminal, killing all seven hijackers and several Ugandan soldiers.
It was during this time that Netanyahu’s brother died.
