Uganda’s military chief warns of joining the Iran war on Israel’s side | The Jerusalem Post Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has warned that the country will participate in the war between Iran and Israel “on the side of Israel” if the conflict does not end soon. In a series of posts on X/Twitter, Kainerugaba expressed strong support for Israel, stating that the nation has a right to exist and that attacks against it must cease. He emphasized that Uganda’s military would intervene if the war continued, framing the conflict as a matter of defending Israel’s sovereignty. Kainerugaba’s posts included a claim that Uganda’s armed forces, the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF), would join the war effort on Israel’s behalf. He also stated that he had offered the assistance of Ugandan defense forces to both the United States and Israel. In one post, he suggested that Uganda could have “captured Tehran in 72 hours without any bombing,” though he criticized the lack of attention to his warnings. The military chief’s statements were accompanied by references to historical ties between Uganda and Israel. Last month, Kainerugaba announced plans to erect a statue of Lt.-Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu at Entebbe International Airport, commemorating the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight that led to the abduction of Israelis. The statue would be placed at the site where Netanyahu was killed during the subsequent rescue operation. Kainerugaba described the monument as a symbol of the growing relationship between the two nations, though no formal government announcement confirmed the project. Netanyahu’s 2016 visit to Uganda marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Jonathan, the mission to rescue hostages during the Entebbe crisis.#iran #israel #uganda_people_defense_force #general_muhoozi_kainerugaba #entebbe_international_airport
