In the late 1960s, Ze ' evi formed the elite Sayeret Kharuv, an anti-terror battalion, at the time when IDF Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev had begun to focus manpower and budget on armoured tank units, resulting in huge cutbacks in infantry forces.

* Sayeret Shaked-former IDF Southern Command special forces unit.

Sayeret Matkal (, General Staff Reconnaissance Unit ) is a special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ), which is subordinated to the intelligence directorate Aman.

Sayeret Matkal would also evaluate new weapons and doctrines that could influence the entire IDF.

Although a top-secret unit, Sayeret Matkal had tremendous influence on the IDF.

During the 1990s, this selection practice was picked up by other IDF special forces ( Sayeret ).

While most of the orienteering training is done in pairs for safety reasons, as in every other unit in the IDF, Sayeret Matkal is one of the handful of IDF units which conducts long-range solo navigation exercises.

Although Sayeret Matkal has its own insignia, it is also one of the few units in the IDF whose soldiers are not allowed to wear it in public due to its classified nature.

Sayeret Matkal operatives have gone on to achieve high positions in Israel's military and political echelons, and several have become IDF Generals and members of the Knesset.

* On March 3, 2000, the Yamam captured an armed group hidden in the Israeli – Arab town of Tayibe with the aid of Sayeret Duvdevan and an IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer.

He served for four years in the Israel Defense Forces as an officer in Sayeret Matkal, one of the more notable IDF special forces units.

Following the Yom Kippur War in 1973, where Ya ' alon served as a reservist, he rejoined the IDF and served in the Paratroopers Brigades and Sayeret Matkal.

Sayeret Yahalom is a classified unit and almost none of its special activities are exposed to the public. Public accounts of its activities usually just credit a " combat engineering force "; a term that can equally describe regular Engineering sappers, IDF Caterpillar D9 operators and infantry engineering companies.

In the IDF, the demolition experts are united in Sayeret Yael of Yahalom ( Sayeret is the Israeli name for SF elite unit ) and therefore gain high infantry training as well.

Despite being one of the better sniper rifles available to IDF, only a small number are used, with the undercover unit Sayeret Duvdevan using most of them.

* Sayeret Rimon-Southern Command commando reconnaissance unit.

He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit.

He participated in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit.

Beside the Sayeret Matkal, they are considered to be the unit with the most influence on the Israeli infantry oriented units — including both special and conventional units.

Beside the Sayeret Matkal, they are considered to be the unit with the most influence on the Israeli infantry oriented units including both special and conventional units.

After losing their special forces title, the T ' zanhanim company formed its own SF unit — the Sayeret T ' zanhanim in October 1958.

* Sayeret Matkal-The IDF's principal special operations / commando unit, used mainly to obtain strategic intelligence behind enemy lines and to perform hostage-rescue missions on foreign soil.

* Sayeret Shaldag-The Israeli Air Force commando unit, specializing in forward air control, aerial & special reconnaissance, and target designation outside of Israel's borders.

* Sayeret Yahalom-the Engineering special forces unit, its missions range from EOD and bomb disposal to counter-mining warfare.

At Ben-Gurion International Airport, two hijackers were shot and killed by the Israeli Sayeret Matkal special forces.

Originally part of Aman's Unit 157, Sayeret Matkal began to operate independently a year later as the General Staff's special operations force, modeled after the British Special Air Service.

A commando team from the Israeli Army's elite Sayeret Matkal special forces unit was to be inserted into Iraq from Jordan, where they would travel to the funeral near Tikrit and kill Saddam with TV-guided " Midras " missiles.

Sayeret Yahalom specializes in special engineering missions that include:

While there was not time enough to order up special Israeli antiterrorist squads before the confrontation, and the Israeli rescue attempt was reportedly led by some 30 " terrified traffic cops ", other reports say that Ehud Barak, then an officer in the Sayeret Matkal anti-terrorism unit, led the rescue operation.

He served in Sayeret Matkal, Israel's special forces unit, as did both his brothers.

Ehud Barak commanded Sayeret Matkal forces in the field in Operations Halutz and Shrakrak.

* The film Munich includes a scene reflecting the real Barak's experience leading his Sayeret Matkal unit in the commando raid Operation Spring of Youth ; he is mentioned by name, and appears disguised as a woman in high heels while firing on presumed PLO Leaders.

Israeli elite SF unit – Sayeret Matkal – went on a complex hostages-rescue operation and managed to save 80 of the passengers, with only one soldier lost, the commander, lt. colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, the elder brother of Benjamin Netanyahu.

First and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, conducting deep reconnaissance behind enemy lines to obtain strategic intelligence, Sayeret Matkal is also tasked with counter-terrorism and hostage rescue beyond Israel's borders.

Arnan's vision for Sayeret Matkal ( of which he was the first commander ) was of a unit that would carry out strategic intelligence-gathering and other operations ; as such it would receive its missions only from the General Staff.

Beginning with Operation Isotope, the unit carried out several high-profile operations that thrust it into the limelight as an " elite paratroopers " unit ( Sayeret Matkal's existence was classified at the time ).

Sayeret Matkal officers then split into two camps: those who believed that the unit should be kept in reserve and not be lightly sent to missions where it could endure heavy casualties, and those that wanted to go into action, even if that meant missions with little planning and more akin to a commando force than to the strategic-oriented Sayeret Matkal.

After the war, Sayeret Matkal began developing plans for wartime in advance, so that when war came, the unit could go into action immediately, without waiting for the General Staff's orders and missions.

Despite being a clandestine and relatively small army unit, former Sayeret Matkal veterans have a disproportionate influence on the army and public service.

There is a widely held misconception that former Israeli Major General and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon also served in Sayeret Matkal, though as a Major Sharon had founded the IDF's first special-forces unit ( Unit 101 ) in 1953.

Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.

A group of Sayeret commandos were taken in nine missile boats and a small fleet of patrol boats to a deserted Lebanese beach, before driving in two cars to downtown Beirut, where they killed Najjar, Adwan and Nassir.

That is the main reason why Avraham Arnan formed the Sayeret Matkal in 1958.

In various ways the Sayeret Matkal combined the operational experience gathered by Unit 101 and relied on the structure of the British Special Air Service.

Sayeret ( Hebrew: סיירת, pl.

The best known of these are Sayeret Matkal, Shayetet 13 and Yehidat Shaldag.

Those wanting to join Sayeret Matkal, Shaldag, Unit 669, Shayetet 13, the submarine service or Hovlim ( Naval Officers Course ) must go to Yom Sayarot and perform the respective tests for each service option.

The primary commando units of the Israel Defense Forces include Shayetet 13, Sayeret Matkal and the Shaldag Unit.

Its formation was based on the expertise of the Israeli Sayeret Matkal.

Two Israeli EOD teams gained high reputation for leading the efforts in that area: the Army's Israeli Engineering Corps ' Sayeret Yahalom and the Israeli Border Guard Gaza-area EOD team.

October 30, 1968: Israeli helicopter-borne Sayeret Matkal commandos carry out Operation Helem ( Shock ), destroying an Egyptian electric transformator station, two dams along the Nile River and a bridge.