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SAYERET MATKAL

 

Description

Israel’s top-tier special operations unit, Sayeret Matkal is equivalent to Delta and 22 SAS. It’s famous for spearheading the hostage rescue raid into Uganda known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. The IDF’s best and brightest are recruited into ‘The Unit’, as it’s known, and often go on to become high-level politicians. Notably, Israeli Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu were officers in Sayeret Matkal.

 

 

PRIMAL Assessment

Like its US and UK counterparts, Sayeret Matkal relies extensively on enablers from within the Israel Defense Forces and the intelligence community to conduct its missions. Operators will rarely wear uniform, have protected identity, and often go on to serve in the Mossad Special Operations Department. Sayeret Matkal is most likely to deploy in conflict zones such as Syria, leaving domestic operations to units such as Yamam, and covert operations in permissive environments to Mossad.

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