Yahalom Unit

Southern Lebanon:

A tour of a Hezbollah weapons cache

IDF soldiers from the 226th Brigade, in cooperation with the Yahalom Unit, destroyed an approximately 30-meter-long underground tunnel route containing various weapons.

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IDF demolishes 14 km of Hamas tunnels in northern Gaza

Northern Brigade and Yahalom troops have so far dismantled approximately 14 km of tunnels consisting of living quarters and a large cache of weapons.

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Terror tunnel destroyed in southern Gaza

Southern Brigade and Yahalom Unit forces located and destroyed a tunnel where they found berthing rooms, military equipment, and weapons.

Hezbollah Footage:

IDF equipment left in Lebanon after intense battle

During a combined operation by paratroopers and the Yahalom unit, heavy fire caused casualties and led to a rapid withdrawal. Engineering equipment left in the area was destroyed from the air to prevent capture or reuse.

Pilot program in Yahalom combat engineering unit successful

The two-and-a-half-year pilot program examined the integration of women into combat roles in the IDF’s Yahalom special engineering unit.

Footage from northern Gaza:

IDF destroys terror tunnel 18 meters underground

IDF troops eliminate RPG cell, dismantle terror tunnel and weapons sites in northern Gaza as operations continue to protect Israeli civilians, says military.

Captain Noam Ravid, Staff Sgt, Yaly Seror fell in battle in Gaza

2 soldiers from the Yahalom Unit, Combat Engineering Corps, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF cleared for publication.

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IDF troops destroy 1.2 KM long tunnel route

Northern Gaza Brigade troops located a weapons storage facility containing a stockpile of around 20 explosive devices, an anti-tank guided missile, and other weapons.

IDF destroys 7.5 km of tunnels in northern Gaza

In one of the 3 destroyed tunnel routes, IDF equipment that had been captured by Hamas terrorists on October 7th was discovered, along with maps of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip, weapons, and living quarters.

Bodycam footage:

Naval commandos raid compound intended for infiltration of Israel

While searching the compound, soldiers located underground infrastructure and hideouts equipped with logistical and medical supplies for prolonged stays, military tents, and pits stocked with weapons.

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.