Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has officially changed his name and is now registered with Israeli authorities as “Yonatan Han,” according to a report published Wednesday by Haaretz.

The newspaper reported that the change came to light through records maintained by the Israel Tax Authority, where the new name appears alongside Netanyahu’s identification number.

According to the report, tax withholding documents issued in December 2024 still identified him as Yair Netanyahu. However, documents issued this year list the same identification details under his new legal name instead.

Yair is not the first member of the Netanyahu family to adopt a different name. His younger brother, Avner Netanyahu, previously used a pseudonym when purchasing an apartment near London in 2022, registering the property with the British Land Registry under the name “Avi Avner Segal.”

The report noted that Yair’s new name carries significant family meaning. “Han” was the original surname of his maternal grandfather, Shmuel Ben Artzi, while “Yonatan” honors his paternal uncle, Yonatan Netanyahu, who was killed while leading the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue mission.

{Matzav.com}