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The mitznefet was originally adopted by the Israeli military in the 1990s to provide tactical advantages to Israeli troops fighting Lebanese guerrillas in the South Lebanon conflict. [citation needed] It was later configured to have a two-sided camouflage material, with one side adapted for desert environments and the other for woodland terrain.
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]
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 669 operated in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, according to the Israeli Air Force. [1] During the war, the unit has carried out medical evacuations for wounded soldiers, and carried out 200 other operations since the beginning of the war. [2] On 6 December 2023, two female soldiers passed the selection process for the elite Unit 669.
The Shaldag unit partook in military operations during the Israeli invasion of Syria in December 2024. During the invasion, the unit conducted a raid into the Mount Hermon area located within the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) buffer zone in the Golan Heights. The raid was confirmed by a Twitter post by the Israeli Air ...
Maglan (Hebrew: מגלן, also known as Unit 212 or Sayeret Maglan) is a sayeret (reconnaissance) unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, which specializes in operating behind enemy lines and deep in enemy territory using advanced technologies and weaponry.