"We are a" nut "unit. While realizing leading values in the routine, through solving operational problems in all sectors. Our uniqueness is in learning and adapting to the changing reality, through the extraction of human capital we have and our exceptional dedication to the mission. We are a" nut "unit and we are ready for war."
The unit's promotional video released a year ago reveals Tefah and hides Tefahim from one of the IDF's top quality units, which began operating decades ago and is still considered one of the IDF's spearhead units, once within the Golani Brigade, today as one of the commando brigade's leaders.
The serious accident in which two platoon commanders were killed - Major Itamar Elharar and Major Ofek Aharon, this time severely raised the unit that is all aimed at guerrilla warfare that changes and will change the face of the fighting under the obligatory slogan:
Walnut unit fighters in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
Walnut unit fighters in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
"Egoz" was founded in 1995 by the late Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Northern Command General Amiram Levin, who sought to bring about a revolution in the war against Hezbollah through new methods of warfare.
In its first 20 years of operation, it operated under the Golani Brigade, and in 2015, with the establishment of the Commando Brigade, it was transferred to it.
Two officers in Walnut were killed by our forces in the Jordan Valley // Photo: Yoni Rickner
Already with the establishment of the unit it stood out and gained many achievements.
Only six months after its establishment, a force from the unit managed to eliminate two terrorists.
Subsequently, the unit's fighters participated in a series of heroic operations.
Among other things, the fighters acted against a Hezbollah security squad in the village of Enduria, in which about eight terrorists were killed.
In another operation, a wild landscape operation in 1997, Hadi Nasrallah, the son of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, was killed.
Walnut fighters attack target in Operation Wall Guard // Photo: IDF Spokesman
After the withdrawal from Lebanon, the unit's fighters continued to operate in northern and Judea and Samaria, and among other things participated in the occupation of the Muqatta in Ramallah and the Second Lebanon War, when five of the unit's fighters were killed in a battle near the town of Avivim.
In the battle of Maroun a-Ras, "nut" fighters cleared Hezbollah bunkers and eliminated about 20 terrorists.
The fighters in Gaza intensively participated in the operations and eliminated many terrorists.
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In 2008, Egoz fighters in Gaza killed 18 terrorists with the help of armor and the Air Force, including the son of Mahmoud a-Zahar.
During Operation Eitan, the fighters eliminated about 50 terrorists in battles in the Shaja'iya neighborhood.
The unit's commander, Lt. Col. Yonatan Rom, was seriously wounded during the fighting in the operation.
Unit symbol, Photo: Oren Cohen
Walnut unit fighters in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
For the activities of the unit, she and her commanders were decorated with many decorations.
In 1998, the unit received the Chief of Staff's Salary, as well as in 2005.
In 2006, and after Operation Eitan, the unit received a Maj. Gen. Z.
The "Walnut" unit participated in a competition in combat professions within the commando brigade in 2020 in order to examine who is the best commando unit in the IDF. Lt. Col. Y. said that "at the stations, the fighters faced complex scenarios such as the destruction of a rocket launcher, a closed breakthrough and even planning a raid on a Hezbollah village - to the last detail."
At the seven stations, Egoz qualified for first place and defeated the other two units - Cherry and Magellan, and won the competition.
Fighters use a glider in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
Walnut unit fighters in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
"There is no one else today who knows how to deal with events that break out at the borders and also to be an X Factor in the war," said the commander of the former commando brigade, Col. Kobi Heller, in an interview with Israel Today about the brigade's activities. What is our added value.
What a different thing we bring.
So we jumped significantly in night fighting, in the shooting and sniping capabilities, and in the ability of independent fire, also at the front, and certainly at depth.
Egoz is still considered one of the most important elite units in the IDF, and is expected to operate in any future conflict - in the north and in the south.
Walnut unit fighters in training, Photo: Oren Cohen
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