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Unit 669

News and updates about Unit 669

Footage from the battlefield:

Wounded soldiers evacuated by air from heart of Gaza

Various IDF medical evacuation units working on the ground and in the air save the lives of soldiers in the field.

Wounded soldiers evacuated by air from heart of Gaza

Watch: Israeli military evacuates injured

'Since the start of the fighting, Unit 669 has evacuated approximately 200 injured, in 45 different operations.

Watch: Israeli military evacuates injured

Mid-sea rescue:

Israeli helicopter evacuates US citizen from ship

The helicopter, which belongs to the Air Force's Unit 669, flew the cruise ship passenger to the hospital after she suffered a heart attack.

Israeli helicopter evacuates US citizen from ship

Father and son rescued from Wadi Og

Rescue teams save father, son, and four other hikers from overflowing stream in Judean Desert.

Father and son rescued from Wadi Og

Watch: Soldiers of IDF's Elite Unit 669 Finish Their Training

First-person footage shows new recruits to elite search and rescue unit complete training on land, sea and air.

Watch: Soldiers of IDF's Elite Unit 669 Finish Their Training

Watch: Soldiers Retrieve Body of Fallen Hiker

Elite IDF rescuers sadly unable to save 40-year-old man, who fell off a cliff while hiking in the Judean desert.

Watch: Soldiers Retrieve Body of Fallen Hiker

'Storm Chaser' Hikers Rescued by IDF Helicopter

It took IDF soldiers in a helicopter to rescue two youths who got stuck in a flash flood near the Dead Sea.

'Storm Chaser' Hikers Rescued by IDF Helicopter

IDF Helicopter Gets Mother to Hospital in Time for Delivery

The IDF manages to land a helicopter in snowbound Shomron community and bring a woman in labor to hosptial.

IDF Helicopter Gets Mother to Hospital in Time for Delivery