The elite unit of the Israeli Air Force, the Shaldag unit, participated in the maneuvers throughout the Gaza Strip and operated together with various IDF units and forces against the Hamas terrorist organization. As part of the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the fighters carried out a raid at Shifa Hospital. The army says that since the beginning of the fighting, the unit has carried out 73 operations in various arenas, most of them in Gaza, but quite a few in the northern arena as well.
Carrying out complex raids inside the Gaza Strip, Shaldag fighters, photo: IDF Spokesperson
The hospital found weapons and terrorist infrastructure used by the terrorist organization, such as weapons and magazines, grenades, weapons equipment camouflaged in suitcases for medical treatment, and anti-tank IEDs. In the long and complex raid at the hospital, the forces used advanced technologies in the underground medium and located a tunnel shaft that exposed the route of a terror tunnel under the hospital. Shifa is reportedly the beating heart of Hamas. The MRI room was tightly locked because there was a headquarters there, with a lot of material and weapons. In addition, an ambulance full of suitcases with interrogations of collaborators was found, and materials visible on the computers with matters of prisoners and missing persons.
Specialize in performing commando missions and depth intelligence. Kingfisher fighters, photo: IDF Spokesperson
Before entering the Gaza Strip, forces from the unit operated in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, October 7, a force was dispatched to the area and arrived by helicopter, using 9 helicopters, to the area of Kibbutz Be'eri, where the fighters worked for many hours to cleanse the kibbutz of terrorists and rescue the residents. Over the following days, hand-to-hand battles were waged against terrorists in a number of battle zones, including Kibbutz Be'eri, unknown and unknown. During those battles, the fighters acted with determination and striving for contact, eliminating dozens of terrorists and rescuing dozens of residents.
The unit was dispatched to fight Hamas terrorists in the communities they infiltrated. Shaldag, Photo: IDF Spokesperson
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