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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Naval commandos

A building, left, in Batroun, northern Lebanon, November 2, 2024, where a Hezbollah ship captain was taken away by IDF commandos who landed on a coast north of Beirut. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 3, 2024, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 3: Day 394 – Naval commandos capture Hezbollah sea captain in daring raid
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the killing of one of the last members of Hamas’s political bureau and where that leaves Hamas; IDF preparations for possible reprisal from Iran
By ToI Staff
A Hamas operative holds up a harness the terror group says was on a dolphin that it believes was being used by Israel, from a video released by Hamas on January 8, 2022. (Screenshot)
January 13, 2022, 10:01 pm
Hamas claims of Israeli killer dolphins are easy to mock, but not so farfetched
Folks were quick to ridicule a video, released by the terror group, alleging one of its naval commandos found a dolphin in the service of the IDF. But it’s not entirely ludicrous
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli troops spot a suspected smuggling boat making its way from the Sinai Peninsula toward the Gaza Strip in undated footage, released on June 17, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 17, 2020, 5:17 pm
Israel says it thwarted Hamas attempt to smuggle weapons from Sinai
Military says top smuggler arrested as he and an accomplice made their way to the Gaza Strip by sea several weeks ago
By Judah Ari Gross
A small boat attempting to smuggle arms to Hamas commandos in the Gaza Strip is observed by Israeli military surveillance (IDF)
February 4, 2020, 10:03 am
IDF says navy thwarted weapons smuggling attempt to Hamas commandos from Sinai
Soldiers intercepted boat, arrested 2 on board who were moving arms to terror group’s naval operatives in Gaza Strip some 3 months ago, military reports
By ToI Staff
The IDF General Staff visits the F-35 stealth fighter jet squadron on the Nevatim air base in southern Israel on July 10, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 31, 2018, 9:22 am
Photo revealing Israeli F-35 secrets reportedly posted online by IDF soldiers
Hadashot says other images of a secret tank and a naval commando operations center have also found their way onto the internet
By Stuart Winer
The opening of a Hamas naval tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip that was destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces on June 3, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2018, 4:01 pm
IDF destroyed Hamas undersea tunnel for first time in last week’s airstrikes
Previously unknown variety of tunnel was meant to be used by terror group’s naval commandos to carry out sea-based attacks on Israeli targets, army believes
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 5 corvette defends a natural gas extraction platform off Israel's coast, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 5, 2018, 6:44 pm
With high-tech warships, Navy readies to guard gas fields from Hezbollah, Hamas
Four new German-built Sa’ar 6 corvettes due to arrive starting late 2019. Until then, IDF planning to protect strategic maritime assets with existing ships, specialized Iron Dome
By Judah Ari Gross
Hamas naval commandos, seen in a still image from a propaganda video released by the terror group during Israel's Operation Protective Edge, in the summer of 2014. (Screen capture)
August 5, 2017, 4:59 pm
Hamas man drowns in Gaza
No explanation given for death, but terror group has a naval commando unit trained to attack Israel
By ToI Staff
US Navy SEALs (US Department of Defense)
April 5, 2017, 10:23 pm
Israeli, American naval commandos train together
In annual exercise, two sides practice parachuting into sea, boarding and overtaking enemy vessels
By ToI Staff
A Defense Ministry worker displays a wet suit found hidden in a shipment of sporting gear that was bound for the Gaza Strip on April 3, 2017. (Defense Ministry)
April 3, 2017, 4:36 pm
Israel foils attempt to allegedly smuggle scuba gear to Hamas frogmen
Defense Ministry finds dozens of wet suits it says were going to terror group’s naval command unit in Gaza Strip
By Judah Ari Gross
Hamas naval commandos, seen in a still image from a propaganda video released by the terror group during Israel's Operation Protective Edge, in the summer of 2014. (Screen capture)
April 1, 2017, 11:07 am
Hamas looking undersea, not just underground, for attack routes
Gaza-based terrorist group is training and manufacturing weapons for naval warfare, officer warns
By Judah Ari Gross
Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, attend a memorial for Mohamed Zouari in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017, (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
February 7, 2017, 9:00 pm
Elite Hamas fighters defecting to Islamic State
Despite losing a number of its top commandos, the Gaza-based terror organization continues to work with IS on smuggling, other fields
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, at a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)
August 22, 2016, 8:10 pm
Al-Jazeera said to have photo of ‘missing’ Hamas commandos held by Egypt
Four of the terror group’s top fighters were reportedly abducted last year to prevent them heading to Iran for training
By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff
Maj. Gen. Doron Piles (left) shakes hands with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman as he receives his appointment as the new president of the IDF's Military Court of Appeals, during a ceremony at the President's Residence attended by President Reuven Rivlin, President of the Supreme Court Miriam Naor and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot on August 15, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 15, 2016, 4:08 pm
IDF names new court of appeals head in fresh round of appointments
Liberman tells military judges ‘background noise’ should not inform rulings, in apparent reference to the media outcry over the Hebron shooter case
By Judah Ari Gross
US Marines train with elite Israeli naval commandos in a joint military exercise held in the Negev desert in July 2016. (screen capture)
July 28, 2016, 8:20 pm
IDF commandos, US Marines train together against terror threats
‘Noble Shirley’ drill in Israel’s Negev desert aimed at preparing American forces for combating Islamic State
By ToI Staff
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