Israel Unveils ‘Secret’ Commando Unit in Gaza

Israeli soldiers walk next to tanks near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Israeli soldiers walk next to tanks near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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Israel Unveils ‘Secret’ Commando Unit in Gaza

Israeli soldiers walk next to tanks near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Israeli soldiers walk next to tanks near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on its Israeli side May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The Israeli Army Command has revealed that a secret commando war unit had operated in the Gaza Strip during the war last May.

This revelation came when the army command decided to honor the secret units that operated in the enclave in the recent war, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday.

Army Chief of Staff General Aviv Kochavi will honor the unit members, the newspaper added.

“These are previously undisclosed units that carried out major, complex and secret operations in Gaza during the last war,” Kochavi was quoted as saying.

He will also honor combat and intelligence units for operating in Gaza and other fronts, Ynet news noted.

Military sources refused to give any information that would reveal anything about the nature of the unit’s work and what makes it different from the other units.

However, they affirmed that it mastered the sensitive and risky operations, and for this reason, it will be granted an award of excellence.



Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by ISIS in Syria

A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
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Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by ISIS in Syria

A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack b ISIS militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor on July 31.

The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated ISIS in 2019 after the group captured large swathes of Syria and Iraq.

ISIS has been trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia. Deir Ezzor city was captured by the group in 2014, but the Syrian army retook it in 2017.