Sayeret Matkal
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| Motto | Who Dares Wins |
|---|---|
| Founders | Avraham Arnan |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Branch | Military Intelligence Directorate |
| Notable commanders | Ehud Barak |
| Yonatan Netanyahu | |
| Nehemiah Tamari | |
| Uzi Dayan | |
| Moshe Ya'alon | |
| Omer Bar-Lev | |
| Engagements | 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict |
| Yom Kippur War | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1073825 |
About Sayeret Matkal
General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, or Unit 269, more commonly known as Sayeret Matkal, meaning Sayeret of the Matkal, is the prime sayeret unit of the Israel Defense Forces.
Could an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza meet its aims?
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... Rescuing so many people held in different areas of Gaza may prove beyond the commandos of Israel s elite unit Sayeret Matkal...
Israel hostage crisis is every government's worst nightmare
Oct 11,2023 4:51 pm
... Set up in 1957, its secretive Sayeret Matkal unit is broadly similar to Britain s SAS or America s Delta Force...
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's defiant leader
Mar 27,2023 7:00 am
... At the age of 18, he returned to Israel, where he spent five distinguished years in the army, serving as a captain in an elite commando unit, the Sayeret Matkal...
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