Yahalom Unit

Defense Minister Gallant:

‘All sectors of the population must draft'

Gallant to Yahalom combat soldiers: ‘All sectors of the population must draft. Everyone must play a significant part in ensuring our security.’

Gallant to soldiers:

'Hamas is collapsing into the tunnels it dug'

Defense Minister: The places that were safe for Hamas have become a trap. In the last two days, over 100 terrorists were arrested or turned themselves in.

IDF exposes and destroys Hamas compound on Gaza Coast

Forces identified several tunnel shafts leading to a network of hundreds of meters of Hamas terror tunnels.

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Terror tunnels under Gaza's Rantisi Hospital exposed

In a joint operation of soldiers from the Yahalom Unit and engineering soldiers, the tunnel infrastructure and shafts were destroyed.

Injured soldier recounts:

Killing two terrorists despite injuries from a grenade

A soldier from the Yahalom special forces unit tells of a point-blank engagement with two terrorists in the Shajiya region of Gaza.

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IDF soldier eliminates terorrists while wounded

A soldier from the IDF's Yahalom unit encounters and eliminates two terrorists despite being wounded himself.

Gallant:

'We have “unique solutions” to Hamas tunnel threat'

Defense Minister meets soldiers from IDF Yahalom Special Operations Engineering Unit, says Hamas faces choice of surrender or death.

'This is the closet in which two children hid from Hamas'

Michael and Amelia took shelter from Hamas terrorists in a closet. Their mother's bloodstains are still visible on the floor just outside.

IDF finds booby-trapped school bag left by Hamas terrorists

Bag contained a remotely-activated explosive device and an explosive weighing about 7 kilograms hidden in a school bag.

Failure in elite IDF unit

Three elite Yahalom unit soldiers evacuated to hospital following heat stroke. IDF Spokesman: Incident being investigated by unit commander.

Watch: IDF prepares for tunnel threat

The IDF Yahalom unit prepares to combat all manner of threats, including unconventional threats.