specialist units. Such units are usually a regiment or a battalion in strength. Sayeret (Hebrew: סיירת, pl.: sayarot), or reconnaissance units in the Israel Defense...

Unit 262), more commonly known as Sayeret Matkal (Hebrew: סיירת מטכ״ל), is the special reconnaissance unit (sayeret) of Israel's General Staff (matkal)...

(Hebrew: שלדג, Kingfisher), is one of the premier Israeli Air Force (IAF) Sayeret units. The unit is part of the 7th Special Air Forces Wing and is based...

Maglan (Hebrew: מגלן, also known as Unit 212 or Sayeret Maglan) is a sayeret (reconnaissance) unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, which specializes in...

יחידה הנדסית למשימות מיוחדות, Special Operations Engineering Unit) is a sayeret (special operations forces) unit of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps...

13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the...

Unit 621, otherwise known as Sayeret Egoz (Hebrew: יחידת אגוז, Yehidat Egoz. lit. "Nut"), is an elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commando unit specializing...

Unit 217, frequently called Duvdevan (Hebrew: דובדבן, lit. 'cherry'), is a mistaʽaravim unit in the Commando Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. It is...

LOTAR Unit, (Hebrew: יחידת הלוט"ר), is a counter-terrorism special forces (sayeret) unit within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), also known as Unit 707 or...

in 1973 to fight for Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Netanyahu served in Sayeret Matkal from 1970 to 1973, Israel's special forces unit, as did both his...

returned to Israel in 1967 to join the Israel Defense Forces, was in the Sayeret Matkal special forces as a captain before being honorably discharged. After...

Commando Unit 101 (Hebrew: יחידה 101) was a sayeret (commando) unit of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Yonatan Netanyahu, ex-commander of Sayeret Matkal; and Iddo Netanyahu, a physician, author, and playwright. Benzion...

Following his graduation, he enlisted to the IDF, where he served in Sayeret Matkal. Cohen was killed in combat near the City of Gaza on June 5, 1967...

Netanyahu was Israel's sole fatality of Operation Entebbe, and had led Sayeret Matkal during the rescue effort – he was the older brother of Benjamin...

Lieutenant Colonel of one of the Israel Defense Forces' most elite unit, Sayeret Matkal (also known as the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, or Unit 269)...

the commander of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade, and the commander of the Sayeret Matkal. Halevi was the first practicing Orthodox Jew to serve as the head...

Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The commandos from the Israeli army's elite Sayeret Matkal destroyed 12 passenger airplanes belonging to Middle East Airlines...

in the Israeli military. During his service as a commando in the elite Sayeret Matkal, Barak led several highly acclaimed operations, such as: "Operation...

served for four years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as an officer in Sayeret Matkal, one of the IDF's special forces units. Lewin earned the rank of...

United States, Bennett was born and raised in Haifa. Bennett served in the Sayeret Matkal and Maglan special forces units of the Israel Defense Forces, commanding...

 Israel Allegiance  Israel Defense Forces Branch  Israeli Ground Forces Type Sayeret Role Air assault Artillery observer Bomb disposal CBRN defense Clandestine...

did his military service with the General Staff Reconnaissance Regiment (Sayeret Matkal). He later studied in the United States, obtaining a Bachelor's...

operation would be a combined operation, split between elements of Israel's Sayeret Matkal General Staff Reconnaissance unit and Shayetet 13 Naval Commandos...

(Hebrew: יחידת עוקץ, lit. sting), is the independent canine special forces (sayeret) unit of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded in 1939 as part of Haganah...

"Wrath of God" campaign. On the night of April 9, 1973, Sayeret Matkal, Shayetet 13, and Sayeret Tzanhanim commandos landed on the coast of Lebanon in Zodiac...

volunteered in the special forces unit Sayeret Matkal. After finishing the infantry officers course, he returned to Sayeret Matkal and became a squad commander...

rehabilitate its public image. In 2000, Ayalon was replaced by Avi Dichter, an ex-Sayeret Matkal commando and experienced Shabak agent, who tightened the working...

(Justice at the Supreme Court of Israel) Yonatan Netanyahu (Commander of Sayeret Matkal) Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel) Iddo Netanyahu (radiologist...

primary commando units of the Israel Defense Forces include Shayetet 13, Sayeret Matkal and the Shaldag Unit. Shayetet 13 is the elite naval commando unit...