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Special forces units in the Israel Defense Forces encompass a broad definition of specialist units. Such units are usually a regiment or a battalion in strength.. Sayeret [1] (Hebrew: סיירת, pl.: sayarot), or reconnaissance units in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) nomenclature, specialize in intelligence gathering and surveillance.
Sayeret Matkal veterans have gone on to achieve high positions in Israel's military and political echelons. Several have become IDF Generals and members of the Knesset. Ehud Barak's career is an example: a draftee in 1959, he later succeeded Unit 101 commando Lt. Meir Har-Zion in becoming Israel's most
Egoz Unit combatant pin. The Egoz Unit (Hebrew: יחידת אגוז, romanized: Yehidat Egoz, lit."Walnut Unit", Egoz being the acronym for "anti-guerrilla and small-scale warfare"), [1] [2] officially Unit 621, is an elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commando unit specializing in anti-guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct action.
Unit 8200 (Hebrew: יחידה 8200, Yehida shmone matayim "Unit eight two-hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for clandestine operation, collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption, counterintelligence, cyberwarfare, military intelligence, and surveillance.
Israel's Defense Forces have released footage showing its elite “Shayetet 13” unit retaking the Sufa outpost near the Gaza security fence. The IDF said over 60 Hamas militants had been killed ...
300th Territorial Brigade "Bar'am" – Western section of the Israel Lebanon border; 406th Territorial Brigade "Yoav" – Western section of the Egypt–Israel barrier; 417th Territorial Brigade – Jordan Valley sector; 421st Territorial Brigade "Ephraim" – Qalqilya sector; 426th Territorial Brigade "Etzion" – Bethlehem sector
Israeli Army. 89th "Oz" Brigade. Unit 212 – Maglan [110] Unit 217 – Duvdevan; Unit 621 – Egoz; Israeli Navy. 13th Flotilla – Shayetet 13; Israeli Air and Space Force. 7th Special Air Forces Wing Unit 5101 – Shaldag (Special Air-Ground Designating Team) [111] Unit 669 – Combat Search and Rescue and Airborne Medical Evacuation Unit
The unit is one of the most secretive in the Israeli military. The details of many missions and identities of active operatives are kept highly classified. The unit is respected as among the best of the world's special forces, [2] and is compared to the US Navy SEALs and Britain's Special Boat Service. [3]