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Monday, November 13, 2023
IDF scuba forces find, destroy weapons left on seabed by Hamas divers trying to infiltrate
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces releases footage of the Navy’s underwater missions unit — known by its Hebrew acronym YALTAM — recovering weapons left behind by Hamas terrorists in the sea from the October 7 onslaught and other attacks since.
During the October 7 attacks, members of Hamas’s naval forces tried to infiltrate into Israel via the sea. Navy forces managed to kill dozens of them, largely foiling the seaborne attack. There have been other attempts by the terror group to send divers to infiltrate into Israel in recent weeks.
YALTAM scuba forces scanned the seabed in recent days, finding firearms, explosive devices, ammunition and rubber dinghies that were sunk by Navy fire.
The weapons were brought to the coast, where they were destroyed by the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit, the IDF says.
IDF releases footage of the Navy’s underwater missions unit — known by its Hebrew acronym YALTAM — recovering weapons left behind by Hamas terrorists in the sea from the October 7 onslaught.
YALTAM scuba forces scanned the seabed in recent days, finding firearms, explosive… pic.twitter.com/NhW2U0FYH6
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 13, 2023
