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.

The unit dates back to 2004 when the IDF merged the Southern Command Philadelphi Route Smuggling tunnel experts team into Yahalom to form the SAMOOR platoon.

Yahalom also uses the up-armored IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer and the remote-controlled " Raam HaShachar " version of the D9 ( which were found extremely useful for special operation and CT duties ), an armored Excavator with drills, the IDF Puma CEV, and Nakpuma, a Nakpadon APC modified to Yahalom's requirements.

In the IDF, they are a part of the elite Engineering unit Yahalom.

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.

Yahalom bomb disposal experts and IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozers cleared most of Hizbullah's IEDs.

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* Recent reports indicate that Yahalom has acquired remote-controlled robots that it can insert into tunnels, obviating the need for human operators to risk their lives.

Soldiers from Yahalom at the end of a concluding military exercise.

The word Yahalom appears to be connected with the Hebrew meaning strike hard, and possibly with the word hallamish meaning flint ; hallamish is connected to the Assyrian word elmeshu, referring to a precious stone which was hard, and possibly white, or at least with an insignificant colour, and from which whole rings were sometimes made.

Important scholars of piyyut today include Shulamit Elizur and Joseph Yahalom, both at Hebrew University.

The Chief of the Military of Switzerland | Swiss Armed Forces, André Blattmann, visiting Israel as a guest of Israel Defense Forces | IDF Chief of General Staff ( Israel ) | Chief of General Staff, Benny Gantz, 27 November 2011.

Israel Defense Forces | IDF officer davening with tefillin

File: IDF rav seren. svg | Rav seren-army ( Israel )

File: IDF rav seren silver-2. svg | Rav seren-air force ( Israel )

File: IDF rav seren gold-2. svg | Rav seren-navy ( Israel )

President Moshe Katsav accompanied by Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg reviewing Israel Defense Forces | IDF honor guard at the swearing-in ceremony of Katsav in the Knesset.

Israeli armored IDF Caterpillar D9 | Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer | bulldozer, which is used by the Israel Defense Forces | IDF Israeli Engineering Corps | Combat Engineering Corps for clearing heavy belly charge s and booby trap | booby-trapped buildings.

An armored Israeli Defence Forces | IDF IDF Caterpillar D9 | Caterpillar D9 R bulldozer, nicknamed " דובי " ( Teddy bear ) in Israel.

An armored IDF Caterpillar D9 | Caterpillar D9R Bulldozer used by Israel Defense forces

General Moshe Dayan, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces | IDF during the Suez Crisis | 1956 Suez campaign.

In 1948, when the State of Israel was founded and the IDF was formed, Imi became Chief Instructor for Physical Fitness and Krav Maga at the IDF School of Combat Fitness.

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.

Israeli style salute at IDF ceremony for the newly appointed Commander in Chief of Israeli Navy, Brig.

* September 30, Nizar Mahmoud Hasan Aida, 16, of Deir Ammar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunfire to his chest during a peace demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

* October 1: Several civilian children deaths, Muhammad Nabil Daoud Hamad al-Abasi, 16, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

Sami Fathi Muhammad al-Taramsi, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

Iyad Ahmad al-Khashishi, 16, of Nablus, died of chest wounds sustained Sept. 30 from IDF gunfire while at a demonstration on the Nablus-Ramallah road.

Amr Kahlil Mustafa al-Rifai, 17, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire to his head and chest during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

* October 4: Muhammad Yousef Zayd abu-Asi, 13, of Bani Suheila, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire to his head, chest and back during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

Ala Bassam Abdullah Bani-Nimra, 13, of Salfit, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration. Thaer Ali Daoud Omar Muala, 17, Amari refugee camp, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

* 31 October Thaer Ibrahim Shalsh al-Zayd, 17, of Jalazoun refugee camp, killed by IDF gunfire to his abdomen during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

Ahmad Salman Ibrahim abu-Tayeh, 13, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hajjaj, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunfire to his head and chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

Ibrahim Riziq Marzuq Omar 15, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

* November 19: Abdul-Rahman Ziad al-Dahshan, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunfire to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

Omar Samir Abdul-Hamid al-Mashni, 16, of Beit Our al-Tahta, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a demonstration following Friday prayers at Jerusalem ’ s al-Aqsa mosque.

* December 11: Ahmad Ali Darwish al-Qawasma, 14, of Hebron, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 8 from IDF gunfire at close range during clashes.

* 24 January: Senior Hamas member Adil Hamad is killed when the IDF fires missiles at his car in Khan Yunis.

* 3 March: A Palestinian sniper kills seven Israeli soldiers and three civilians at an IDF roadblock near the settlement of Ofra.

* 27 October: Three IDF soldiers killed in a suicide bombing at the Sonol gas station at the entrance to Ariel in the northern West Bank while trying to prevent the bomber from detonating the bomb.

Following the demobilisation at the end of the war he was the most senior ( former ) member of the Palmach that remained in the IDF.

After the Old City of Jerusalem was captured by the IDF, Rabin was among the first to visit the Old City, and delivered a famous speech on Mount Scopus, at the Hebrew University.