Hamas hostage Rimon Kirsht was seen glaring at one of her hooded captures seconds before walking to freedom in a viral video. Rimon, 36, stepped out of a white van wearing pink pajama-like attire ...

A photograph taken by Haim Goldberg at the memorial service for the Sayeret Matkal soldier, Major (Res.) David Meir, shows his young nephew Jonathan standing among the mourners, weeping deeply ...

Maj. Tal Cohen, 30, a commander in the Sayeret Matkal unit from Ganei Tal in central Israel, was killed on October 7 while ...

How can Dichter – once the head of the Shin Bet and a veteran of the elite Sayeret Matkal unit – stay silent? Of all people, he should understand the value of military service, says the writer.

4. Israel's Sayeret Matkal is another of the world's most elite units. Its primary purpose is intelligence gathering, and it often operates deep behind enemy lines. During the selection camp ...

Halevi, born in 1967, began his career in the IDF in 1985, serving in the Paratroopers Brigade and then in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit. He served in Lebanon and fought in the Second Intifada.

Maj. Ilay Zisser, 27, a soldier in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit, from Givat Ela, was killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. At 7:30 that morning, he was called in to ...

Set up in 1957, its secretive Sayeret Matkal unit is broadly similar to Britain's SAS or America's Delta Force. It shot to fame in 1976 with its Raid on Entebbe where its commandos rescued ...

A year ago, in October 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was grappling with his country's most significant security failure, facing backlash both at home and abroad. After decades of ...