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 ...

Maj. (res.) David Haim Meir, 31, a Sayeret Matkal soldier, from Jerusalem, was killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Be’eri. A reservist in the elite unit, David was called up the ...

A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza. Moshe Ya’alon, who served for three ...

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 ...

Brigadier General (res.) Guy Shafran, the former commander of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, has been appointed to a ...

Shmuel Rosner and guest Aviram Halevi discuss Aviram’s new book “Sayeret Matkal: The Greatest Operations of the Elite Commando Unit of Israel.” Aviram Halevi served in Sayeret Matkal and reached the ...

Thirteen reservists from Israel’s top commando unit face dishonorable discharge for refusing to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Veterans of the Sayeret Matkal, including Finance Minister ...