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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next up on our list of the countries with the best military special forces in the world is Israel, whose Sayeret Matkal is considered to be among the most elite special forces units going around.