The Israeli special forces unit Sayeret Matkal is on standby to try to rescue nearly 200 hostages taken by Hamas militants, it has been reported. That division and the Yamam special forces of Israel's ...

JERUSALEM (AP) – When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to fill a sensitive Cabinet post recently, he turned to an old army buddy from his days in an elite commando unit. His choice for minister ...

Maj. Gen. (res.) Noam Tibon is joining Yesh Atid, the centrist party led by Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, the faction announces, calling him a “hero of Israel.” ...

For decades, they were Israel’s shadow heroes, staging daring operations in places such as Entebbe and Lebanon and emerging into the limelight only when it came time to take top civilian posts. But ...

Almost two years after he was killed in captivity during a failed IDF operation to rescue him, Sahar Baruch will be laid to rest tomorrow (Sunday). Yesterday Maj. Gen. (res.) Yossi Bachar, who served ...

The refusal of thirteen reservists in Israel’s elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, to serve on missions in the Occupied Territories is the latest expression of the growing opposition within the armed ...

Sayeret Matkal was profoundly formative for both men. Short and boyishly thin, the young Barak seemed an unusual choice for an outfit specialising in unsupported desert forays and long-range lightning ...

Today is the anniversary of a raid you may not know about. If you do, the date likely doesn’t ring a bell. What you almost certainly do know is that members of the Black September faction of the ...

Former Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen said Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked him to “disqualify” his political rival Naftali Bennett from his security cabinet by revoking his security ...