In the West Bank The IDF also reported Friday that its elite Sayeret Haruv fighting unit has, for the past nine days, been conducting an operation to “thwart terrorism” in the Jenin refugee ...

Lt. Col. (res.) Doron Avital, former commander of the elite General Staff Reconnaissance (Sayeret Matkal) Unit, told JNS on Jan. 27 that “the IDF went through a dramatic trauma on October 7—an ...

Courtesy of Mishmar One of the key figures in the Mishmar initiative is Roni Aylon, a former Sayeret Matkal soldier who has spent the past 30 years training emergency response teams in Haredi ...

During the Second Intifada, he commanded the IDF’s sayeret matkal, or special forces, unit. He presided over the military on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing over 1,000, ...

He is also, like Netanyahu, a veteran of the IDF’s elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal. However, according to the Israel Hayom daily, Dichter may not be interested in the position under the ...

A majority of the Israeli public supports continuing the hostage deal into the second phase, a poll aired on the Kan public broadcaster says. Fifty-five percent of the public wants the deal to ...