Yair Netanyahu’s name change to Yonatan Hun was revealed in a 2026 report by Haaretz, which also noted recent cosmetic procedures on his face. The precise reason for the name change is unknown, but it followed a relocation from Israel to the United States after he stoked controversy on social media, years of legal trouble in Israel facing his father, Benjamin Netanyahu, and growing international criticism over his father’s role in the Israel-Hamas War, the Israel-Hezbollah war, the 12-Day War with Iran, and the subsequent 2026 Iran war. His new legal name adopts the first name of his uncle Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu, who died in the 1976 Entebbe raid, and the original surname of his mother’s family.
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