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Egoz Reconnaissance Unit

Master Sgt. (res.) Gilad Molcho (IDF)
November 20, 2025, 7:50 pm
Master Sgt. Gilad Molcho, 33: Newlywed reservist who worked in hi-tech
Killed battling a terrorist infiltration from Lebanon on October 9, 2023
By ToI Staff
Ido Shelem, center, financial manager of Kibbutz Manara, stands with Almog Levanon, left, and Uriel Weintrub, founders of Shuvu Manara, in the nursery school destroyed by Hezbollah rockets during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict and is now being rebuilt. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 1, 2025, 7:02 am
Demobbed IDF troops rebuild kibbutz on Lebanon border to honor fallen friends
Iconic Kibbutz Manara saw 75% of its buildings damaged and only 40% of its population return after the war with Hezbollah; 10 new residents fresh out of uniform aim to revitalize community
By Diana Bletter
Sgt. First Class Vitaly Skipakevich (Courtesy)
December 29, 2024, 10:02 pm
Sgt. 1st Class Vitaly Skipakevich, 21: Commando lived with no regrets
Killed while battling Hamas on Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Amit Peled (IDF)
April 1, 2024, 9:45 pm
Sgt. First Class Amit Peled, 21: Commando planned to travel
Killed battling Hamas terrorists at the Kissufim IDF outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in an undated handout photo released on March 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 30, 2024, 9:44 pm
IDF, Shin Bet say several senior Hamas terrorists killed as Shifa op continues
Army chief Halevi visits troops, praises ‘very, very successful’ campaign at hospital, as fighting continues throughout Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Alon Kudriashov. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 29, 2024, 11:29 pm
IDF commando killed, 16 others wounded during fighting in southern Gaza
Hamas fires RPG at Egoz unit encampment near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, killing Sgt. First Class Alon Kudriashov, wounding additional troops, including 6 seriously
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class David Yehuda Yitzhak. (Courtesy of Menachem Geisinsky/IDF Smiling Soldiers)
August 22, 2023, 1:16 pm
IDF probe finds Egoz soldier killed during Jenin operation was shot by friendly fire
Investigation says other commando forces misidentified Sgt. First Class David Yehuda Yitzhak during withdrawal from West Bank refugee camp last month
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Ofer Winter and Israeli army officers inspect the area where two officers from the Egoz commando unit were killed in a friendly fire accident outside a base on January 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 5:08 pm
Former officer in elite Egoz unit charged in deadly friendly fire incident last year
Lieutenant indicted for negligent manslaughter over January 2022 incident in which Maj. Ofek Aharon and Maj. Itamar Elharar were killed
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi (center) speaks to then-commander of the 51st Golani Battalion, Lt. Col. Efraim Tehila, October 4, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces, file)
October 2, 2022, 5:54 pm
Elite unit’s ex-commander to be dismissed for lying about sparking fire during drill
Lt. Col. Efraim Tehila caused blaze in Golan after setting off bomb against IDF protocol in July; was previously entangled in January fatal friendly fire incident in his Egoz unit
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi speaks during a ceremony for graduates of the Israeli Air Force's pilot course, at the Hatzerim airbase in southern Israel, on December 22, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 13, 2022, 8:43 pm
Gantz backs IDF chief in outcry over light penalties for recent deadly incidents
Commenting on death of elderly Palestinian man who was left to die at a construction site by soldiers, Kohavi says threat of prosecution shouldn’t be the only reason to be humane
By Judah Ari Gross
Newly appointed Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seen during a welcome ceremony for her in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2022, 2:08 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 9: The 1st female attorney general & IDF unit’s tragic reckoning
Legal correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on NSO and a brouhaha in Ra’anana; military correspondent Judah Ari Gross reports on an inquiry into recent friendly fire deaths
By ToI Staff
An undated photograph of Egoz soldiers taking part in an exercise. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 7, 2022, 11:53 pm
IDF probe blames flawed culture at top of elite Egoz unit for friendly fire deaths
Deputy commander and other officers removed from posts; detachment head to be suspended from command for 2 years over incident in which soldiers showed ‘no common sense,’ army says
By Judah Ari Gross
View of Road 12 on the Israeli-Egyptian border, on October 15, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
February 4, 2022, 9:59 pm
Officer removed over friendly fire incident on Egypt border that wounded 2 soldiers
Internal probe finds Caracal Brigade deputy commander failed to coordinate aspects of operation with other units involved, violated regulations when he opened fire on border cops
By ToI Staff
Around 100 kilograms of drugs that were intercepted during a smuggling attempt from Egypt, January 8, 2022 (Israel Defense Forces)
January 27, 2022, 9:01 am
2 border guards lightly hurt by friendly fire while trying to thwart drug-smuggling
Security forces respond to 9 smuggling attempts in ‘one of the most active nights on the Egyptian border in recent memory’
By Judah Ari Gross
Or Elharar speaks to Channel 12 news in an interview aired on January 17, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)
January 18, 2022, 12:25 am
Widow of officer killed by friendly fire says no anger at soldier who shot him
‘I try to think if the situation was reversed… I would want him to continue living,’ says Or Elharar, whose husband was 1 of the 2 commanders killed in last week’s incident
By ToI Staff
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