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ISRAEL is preparing to launch a celebrated special forces unit modelled on Britain’s SAS to rescue hostages in Gaza. The Sayeret Matkal are the prime special forces unit of Israel and experts in ...

Israel's most elite special operations force, Sayeret Matkal, is being prepped for extremely dangerous hostage-rescue missions in the Gaza Strip, British daily The ...

Beginning at the end of the year, female IDF recruits will have the option to undergo tests that would enable them to serve in combat roles in the prestigious Sayeret Matkal commando unit, the IDF ...

The Hamas terror group continues to released information about the highly classified special-operations unit that fought their way out of Gaza in last week's botched ...

Israel's Sayaret Matkal special forces unit was modelled on the Special Air Service regiment. This photo shows Australian SAS soldiers during patrol in the Afghanistan conflict. (Simon O'Dwyer/Sydney ...

Israel since its inception. Born in Tel Aviv on October 21, 1949, he grew up in Jerusalem before moving with his family to Pennsylvania during his high school years, where his father taught history.

Sayeret Matkal, modelled on the SAS, is waiting to be called up to embark on ‘risky and dangerous’ missions into the Strip James Rothwell is The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent. He joined in 2014 and ...