Israel’s special forces have earned the reputation of being efficient and very well trained.
They are equipped latest weaponry and have access to excellent convert information provided
by Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.
Israel’s special forces have carried out multiple complex missions not only inside
Israel but only outside its borders.
They are considered to be one of the most battle-hardened special forces in the world.
In this video Defense Updates, analyzes why Israel’s special forces are feared by its enemies?
Let's get into the details.
Operation Gift was an operation carried at the Beirut International Airport by Israel's
special forces.
The operation was in response to multiple terror attacks against Israel's national airline, El Al.
People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), whose headquarters was in Beirut,
had taken the responsibility for the attacks.
In the evening of December 28, 1968, the commandos from the Israeli army's elite Sayeret Matkal
destroyed 12 passenger airplanes belonging to Middle East Airlines (MEA), Lebanese International
Airways (LIA) and 2 cargo planes belonging to Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA).
There were no casualties reported in the raid.
The total value of the destroyed planes was estimated to be $43.8 million.
Sabena Flight 571 was a passenger flight operated by the Belgian national airline, Sabena.
It was operated between Vienna to Tel Aviv
On 8 May 1972 a Boeing 707 passenger aircraft operating that service, was hijacked by 4
members of the Black September Organization.
Following their instructions, Captain Levy landed the plane at Lod Airport.
On 9 May 1972 at 4:00 p.m. rescue operation was initiated by Israel’s special forces
consisting of 16 commandos who were disguised as aircraft technicians.
Interestingly, it was led by Ehud Barak and included Benjamin Netanyahu, both future Israeli
Prime Ministers.
They then stormed the aircraft, killing both male hijackers within 2 minutes.
They also captured the 2 women hijackers and rescued all 90 remaining passengers.
In May 1974, 3 armed terrorists entered Israel from Lebanon.
They soon carried out brutal killing of 5 people including a 4-year child in the town
of Ma’alot.
After that, they entered the Netiv Meir Elementary School and took more than 115 people hostage
including 105 children.
They demanded the release of 23 militants from Israeli prison.
Israel decided not to give in to the demands and its special forces were prepared for an assault.
At 17:25, the commander of special forces group was given the 'green light' to storm
the building.
A gun battle ensued with heavy firing.
Terrorists killed 22 high school students.
All 3 militants were neutralized, and all the remaining people were rescued.
From late 2016, Israel suspected that a nuclear facility was operational in the Deir ez-Zor
region of Syria.
In mid-August 2007, Israeli special commandos unit dressed in Syrian uniforms covertly raided it.
2 helicopters had ferried 12 commandos to the site in order to get photographic evidence
and soil samples.
Later on testing, it was concluded that nuclear fuel enrichment was being carried out.
After midnight on September 6, 2007, Israel carried air strike on the suspected nuclear reactor.
On 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers had been hijacked by 2 terrorists.
The flight, which took off from Tel Aviv was destined for Paris.
But it was diverted to Entebbe which was the main airport of Uganda.
The Ugandan government supported the hijackers, and it dictator Idi Amin personally welcomed
the hijackers.
On 4 July night, Operation Entebbe was carried out by Israel.
Israeli transport planes carried 100 special forces commandos over 4,000 km to Uganda for
the rescue operation.
The operation, which took a week of planning, lasted 90 minutes.
102 hostages were rescued.
5 Israeli commandos were wounded and one unit commander was killed.
All the hijackers, 3 hostages, and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed.
Israel’s special forces destroyed 11 Soviet-built MiG-17s and MiG-21s of Uganda's air force.