Israel Dog Unit trains to rescue missile victims
A series of specialized training sites are used to simulate the aftermath of a rocket or missile attack destroying an Israeli building.
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News and updates about Israel Dog Unit
Three months later:
Search for remains of massacre victims continues
Special working dogs are being used to locate any victims or evidence of the massacre.
IDU holds special exercise in Gaza region
Working dogs and handlers trained for a variety of scenarios in sites simulating the wreckage of the October 7th massacre.
Israel Dog Unit trains rescue dogs and handlers to save lives
A special workshop on Friday introduced dog handlers to a series of fundamentals for the use of working dogs in several applications.
The last rescue of 2023
The Israel Dog Unit helps find a missing person in a midnight search in the Tzfat region.
Israel Dog Unit speeds up training for security dogs
The recent changes to Israel's security situation have brought an increased demand for the unique advantages of a trained security dog.
Israel Dog Unit raises alert status in northern Israel
New dogs and handlers are being trained at an increased rate to prepare the organization for any emergency.
IDU joins pursuit of shooting, ramming suspects
Israel Dog Unit volunteers joined security forces on Saturday in the pursuit of suspects in two separate incidents.
48 days later:
Search for the Oct 7 victims continues
The Israel Dog Unit continues to check every place where the remains of the Oct. 7th massacre victims could be found.
Head of Israel Dog Unit:
'Yesterday we still found body parts'
The Israel Dog Unit’s team continues to search the area for findings that will testify to the fate of missing persons.
IDU dogs search for victims and terorrists after Hamas massacre
The Israel Dog Unit is using a variety of working dogs to search for victims or terrorists still unaccounted for after the Hamas invasion.
From Monsey to the Gaza border
Volunteers from US-based rescue organization CommSAR join the effort to find victims of the Hamas invasion of Israel.
Search for the missing ongoing in Gaza region
Israel Dog Unit volunteers continue the growing task of trying to locate those still missing after the Hamas invasion of Israel.
Israel Dog Unit races to save missing people after invasion
Volunteer dog handlers are working under fire to find the hundreds of people missing in southern Israel before Hamas does.
Historic rescue training course in Samaria
For the first time ever, Israeli rescue organizations earned American National Association For Search And Rescue certification.
Search ongoing for man vanished after collision near Haifa
Volunteers in the search were accosted by residents who prevented them from reaching parts of the region.
Missing Person or Murderer:
Hostile confrontations in search for missing man near Haifa
Witnesses claim driver who fled the scene of a collision crashed as part of an attack against an Arab community.
Man rescued after being stuck in elevator for a day
An eighty-year-old man was missing for a day after being trapped in an elevator for nearly twenty-four hours.
Israel Dog Unit aprehends illegal infiltrators in central Israel
A special operation to capture Palestinians entering Israel illegally ended with several suspects caught and transferred for questioning.
Earthquake preparedness exercise in northern Israel
The IDF and Israel Dog Unit held a joint exercise today to improve response capabilities in case of an earthquake in Israel.
Midnight search near Mazkeret Batya
A disappearance from the Rehovot area sparked a search effort that lasted throughout the night and into the next day.
Security dog captures five illegal infiltrators
Security dog Nala helped capture five Palestinians illegally entering the Israeli city of Tzur Yitzhak.
The hunt for a gun-toting terorrist in Samaria's mountains
A Samaria farmer was attacked by a Palestinian with a submachine gun. The Israel Dog Unit's security dogs join the hunt for the shooter.
Missing hiker located near Sea of Galilee
A hiker who had been out of contact for several days was found alive and well in northern Israel.
Special needs children with a special question: Where's Moishe?
Special needs children pray for missing teen to be found.
Israel Dog Unit helps Samaria fight terror
Volunteers showed Samaria security professionals how to include dogs in the continual effort to secure Samaria towns.
Body of missing man located near Haifa
Body of a man who had been gone for three weeks located near Haifa.
Israel Dog Unit holds exhibition for special needs children
Along with the nonprofit Kav Lachayim, the Israel Dog Unit brings joy to children facing a variety of challenges.
Northern Israel's emergency forces prepare for stranded hikers
A meeting was held in Tzfat to prepare all emergency forces for the missing person cases that may occur over summer vacation.
Special dog show for Tisha B'Av
The Israel Dog Unit held a a show for special needs children in Modi'in Ilit over the fast of Tisha B'Av.
Search for missing Haifa man enters fifth day
The Israel Dog Unit, a Samaria-based SAR organization, and volunteers from local kibbutzim are searcing through heat and rough terrain.
Demand for counterterror dogs growing among security forces
Israel's security forces are requesting steadily more working dogs to counter increasingly common terrorist activity and violent riots.
IDU teams up with medical experts to find Alzheimer's patients
Experts on dementia meet search and rescue teams from the Israel Dog Unit to study how best to search for dementia victims.
Minister of Galilee visits Meron search and rescue station
Minister Yitzchak Wasserlauf met with the volunteers working to solve several disappearances in the Galilee region.
Missing man rescued in Ashkelon
A seventy-five-year-old man was located alive after two days wandering around Ashkelon, just before plunging into the nearby woods.
Israel Dog Unit increases counterterror dog deployments
The recent attack at Eli Junction and uptick in terrorist activity make it more urgent than ever to train and deploy dogs to Israeli towns.
Israel Dog Unit trains canine operators from across Israel
A special workshop held today introduced dog handlers to a series of fundamentals for use of working dogs in several applications.
Israel Dog Unit trains 'Animal Ambassadors' in Ashkelon
A special working dog exhibition was held as part of a course to raise awareness about the challenges facing urban animals today.
Israel Dog Unit bids farewell to heroic search dog
Aisha, a 14-year-old Malinois, had taken part in numerous rescue missions before passing away yesterday.
Special conference for families of missing persons in Tel Aviv
Families with missing loved ones came together to hear from professionals in the field of locating the missing.
After 2 years:
Missing Israeli man found in Jordanian hospital
Man who suffered PTSD from a rocket strike near his home as a child reunites with his family 2 years after disappearing.
Israel Dog Unit holds exhibition for children with cancer
The IDU's working dogs demonstrated their capabilities at a special show for the Lev Malka cancer support organization.
Families of missing persons meet search and rescue workers
Israel Dog Unit hosts event allowing families of missing persons to meet the volunteers searching for their loved ones.
IDU saves woman in Haifa
Volunteers from the Israel Dog Unit saved an elderly woman lost in the woods near Haifa this morning.
Appeal for public assistance locating missing persons in Meron
Three people have gone missing in the Meron area, and never been found. The public celebrating Lag B'Omer there is asked to help find them.
Israel Dog Unit saves a life near Sderot
Sara Tautang was found after being missing for forty hours, in a state of heat exhaustion, by an Israel Dog Unit volunteer.
IAF holds award ceremony for Israel Dog Unit
The IAF thanked the Israel Dog Unit for taking part in an escape exercise in southern Israel with a special awards ceremony.
Israel Dog Unit's Independence Day exhibition
The Israel Dog Unit demonstrated its dogs' capabilities for a group of foreign students as part of an Independence Day tour.
Israel Dog Unit remembers the fallen and the missing
The Israel Dog Unit remembers both its volunteers killed during their service in the IDF and those whose fate was never known.
Israel Dog Unit holds joint exercise with IAF
The exercise was held over four days in the deserts of southern Israel.
Israel Dog Unit brightens Passover for special needs children
The Israel Dog Unit held an exhibition of their working dogs' capabilities for special needs children in honor of Passover.
Israel Dog unit runs joint exercise with IDF officers' course
Potential IDF officers came to the Israel Dog unit to learn the organization's capabilities in responding to various kinds of emergencies.
Government officials attend tribute evening for Israel Dog Unit
An appreciation evening for the Israel Dog unit nonprofit included ministers, police officials, and terror attack survivor David Stern.
Huwara shooting victim receives visit from former colleague
David Stern, who was wounded in a shooting attack, received a visit today from the director of his former volunteer unit.
Israel Dog Unit holds search and rescue drill for police
The Israel Dog Unit led a simulated search to train a senior officers' course in finding missing people.
Missing, now found:
Two 15-yr-olds who traveled to Evyatar located safe & sound
Contact was lost with Mayan Shreiber & Yosef Chaim Banjo on Monday night. The boys were presumed missing till Tuesday afternoon.
Search for missing woman turns dangerous
A live grenade and a hostile suspect challenged searchers looking for a Haifa woman missing from her home.
IDF to incorporate Israel Dog Unit in disaster response
The Israel Dog Unit will work with the IDF's rescue units to save victims of a a building collapse or national disaster.
Human remains found in area where haredi teen vanished
Avraham Moshe Kleinerman disappeared nearly a year ago near Meron. Over the last week, searchers unearthed human remains in that area.
Preparing for an earthquake in Israel
The Israel Dog Unit works to help prepare Israel for a disaster on the same scale as Turkey has recently experienced.
