These are 3 most dangerous Israeli Special Forces units
Shaldag, is an elite Israeli Air Force (IAF) special forces unit
and one of the main Israeli special forces units
The unit is part of the Special Air Forces Wing (Wing 7) in the IAF
The Shaldag was inspired by the British Special Air Service (SAS)
It specializes in commando and intelligence operations within enemy territory
The Shaldag is based in the Palmachim Airbase
Shaldag was founded in 1974
in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, by Muki Betser
a Sayeret Matkal veteran who brought several Matkal veterans with him
Initially operating as a Sayeret Matkal reserve company
it was eventually transferred to the IAF
Shaldag's mission is to deploy undetected into combat
and hostile environments to conduct special reconnaissance
establish assault zones or airfields
while simultaneously conducting air traffic control and commando actions
In 2007, Shaldag was reportedly involved in Operation Orchard
the destruction of a Syrian nuclear reactor
The unit is reported to have infiltrated an underground depot
near the Syrian site suspected of being a nuclear reactor
in order to designate the target for the incoming Israeli fighters that destroyed it
Shayetet 13, is a unit of the Israeli Navy
and one of the primary reconnaissance units of the Israel Defense Forces
Shayetet 13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions
counter-terrorism, sabotage, maritime intelligence gathering
maritime hostage rescue, and boarding
The unit is trained for sea, air and land actions
The unit has taken part in almost all of Israel's major wars
as well as other actions
The Shayetet 13 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
and is compared to the US Navy SEALs and Britain's Special Boat Service
Shayetet 13 is a veteran Israeli special forces unit
It was formed in 1949 by Yohai Ben-Nun
with men drawn from the ranks of the Palyam
the naval branch of the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah
the ancestor of the Israel Defense Forces
Its Motto is, As the bat emerges from the darkness
As the blade cuts through with silence, As the grenade smashes in rage
In addition the unit is also referred to as "people of silence"
During the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
Shayetet 13 commandos carried out attacks which damaged numerous
Iranian cargo ships carrying oil and weapons to Syria from late 2019 to 2021
with limpet mines and other weapons
Some of the attacks took place in the Red Sea
The Shayetet 13 is also believed to have been behind an attack on the MV Saviz
believed to be an Iranian intelligence ship of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy
which was heavily damaged by a limpet mine in April 2021
Sayeret Matkal, also called The Unit
is an elite commando unit of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)
founded in 1957 by IDF officer Avraham Arnan
who petitioned the IDF General Staff for a combat unit in enemy territory
to conduct top secret intelligence-gathering missions
Since its founding, the unit has carried out numerous hostage rescues
and other counterterrorist operations
The unit is modeled after the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS)
taking the unit's motto "Who Dares Wins"
The Sayeret Matkal is the Israeli equivalent of the Delta Force
It is directly subordinate to the Special Operations Branch
of the IDF's Directorate of Military Intelligence
Sayeret Matkal is well known for its participation in several spectacular hostage rescues
The unit freed hostages on a Sabena airliner at the Tel Aviv Airport in 1972
commandos disguised as maintenance personnel took control of the airliner
from members of the Palestinian militant Black September Organization
during “Operation Isotope”
Sayeret Matkal also engaged in many counterterrorism attacks and assassinations
Sayeret Matkal commando Ehud Barak
who would serve as Israel’s prime minister from 1999 to 2001
led a raid called Operation Spring of Youth into Lebanon in 1973
Disguised as a woman
Barak directed the unit to assassinate three Palestinian leaders
Barak, who had joined the unit while still in his late teens
rose to the leadership of Sayeret Matkal
Benjamin Netanyahu served under Barak in Sayeret Matkal