Dr. Iddo Netanyahu was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He spent part of his child­hood in the USA and returned to Israel after grad­u­at­ing from high school. He enlist­ed in the elite com­man­do unit that his old­er broth­er Jonathan was to lead to Entebbe in 1976. He divides his time between writ­ing and work­ing as a physi­cian. Netanyahu lives in Jerusalem with his wife and two children.