MAR 28, 2024 JLM 64°F 11:18 PM 05:18 PM EST
Inside the elite IDF Egoz Unit: Northern guerrilla experts descend into Gaza tunnels

The Egoz unit set up to emulate Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon and specialize in field warfare has recently changed its face and developed new capabilities in the face of the latest challenges. With a new and classified missile and upgraded intelligence capabilities, Walla! joins them in a unique training in the South.

The tanks entered the narrow street and a cloud of dust spread between the buildings.  The fighters of the Egoz unit, equipped with new protection and combat equipment from head to toe, advanced rapidly in a dark and narrow alley that simulates a refugee camp in Gaza.  The force split between the buildings.  The fighters aimed their rifles at any suspicious spot, window or passageway if a terrorist emerged from there.

The rapid progress up the street was made possible by night vision means for each fighter turning the night into a day and covering of tanks, snipers, and crew operating various aircraft in the air and aiming to reveal the enemy location in real time and aid in his attack.

The unit that sits away from the combat zone will be defined as the "brain" while marching. A staff body that analyzes all the information flowing from the field and various units and makes decisions for the commanders.  This allows them to view recently taken videos, photos, talk over an encrypted contact at any point across the globe. While fighting the attack vehicals will advance with the forces and allow them to receive and transmit any classified information in real time.

Every few minutes the skimmer buzzed in the sky after gathering information about the next space and transferring it to the PDA of the unit commander, Lt. Gen. A.  Between buildings until he located a good vantage point on the continuation of the street.

"For more than two days the fighters have been marching in the field. They had a lot of surprises and uncertainty, they will finish this long exercise in a few more days on their knees. There are almost no hours of sleep," said Major E., the engineering officer of the commando brigade to which Egoz belongs.  Because in the first phase of the exercise, Hamas "used" approach tunnels to surprise the fighters from behind.

"At the beginning of the exercise the enemy approached the wigs and attacked from behind. Wounded (simulated AB) who were evacuated by helicopter fell."  The following scenario involved a bomb blast, and suspicion of pulling a fighter into a tunnel.  The force on the ground mapped the route of the tunnel and decided that there was no abducted soldier.  A scenario that is very reminiscent of the abduction of a Golani Brigade fighter, Sgt. Oron Shaul, and the abduction of Lt. Hadar Goldin in Operation Eitan.

"The guiding principle for the team commander is: 'Do not try to deal with any obstacle - bypass it. Soldiers understand that the area will be trapped. Never enter a house before firing a shell. This is an area where there should be no civilians but only terrorists. This is a combat zone," explained an officer.  A senior member of the commando brigade that accompanied the forces in the alley and saw them neutralized by rocket launchers.  The warrior teams met in one of the houses and exchanged impressions of the next battle moves.  Those who practiced them were cherry officers, it is impossible to say that there is no competition between the units.

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[deleted] 12:33 05.12.2021
You guys are doing God work now
Sonny Van 02:16 05.12.2021
One of my deepest regrets in life is not joining the IDF immediately after fulfilling my service in US NAVY aviation in OCT 1966. But I was married with an eight week old baby boy. "God Bless Israel"
[Anonymous] 02:15 05.12.2021
Well done. Keep up the good work. Thank you
[Anonymous] 02:11 05.12.2021
Absolutely amazing 🤩
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