Documentation of YMM helmets/IDF spokesman
Three days after the rescue of the abductees Fernando Marman and Louis Herr, the commander of the IDF, Sub-Commander H., tells in an interview with Walla! about the early preparations for the operation which ended successfully, the information about the gold that came from the Shin Bet and the operation of the operation in the field together with the Shin Bet and IDF forces In a hostile area that the security forces do not operate in as part of the ground maneuver in Gaza.
Commander of the Navy Sub-Commissioner H/Israel Police Spokesperson
The IMM contact recordings from the rescue operation
On video: IMM contact recordings during the operation to return abductees in Rafah.
02/15/24/Israel Police Spokesperson
"This is one of the most important operations of the unit since the day it was established," explained Tanat H., who supported his son in the battles on October 7. "The unit is constantly training to rescue hostages and this is our main mission.
We start the battle procedure.
In between we have several promotions in Judea and Samaria.
The final approval was received at the same time as the planning of the operation and when all the conditions were ripe, a few days before, approvals were received at the level of the Chief of Staff, the head of the Shin Bet and the political level and the force was prepared to go into operation.
" , with a very complex and dangerous operation," clarified the commander of the Navy.
The Shin Bet and the Operations Division took and broke down every single detail to bring us the best intelligence so that we can build a plan that provides an answer to every weak point."
The moments of the meeting of Fernando Marman and Louis Herr with their family members/IDF spokesman
Documentation from the helmet cameras of the Navy soldiers
On video: Helmet cameras rescue Fernando and Luis from Hamas captivity by the IDF.
02/15/24/Israel Police Spokesperson
One of the biggest challenges in the rescue operation was dealing with an operation inside Rafah, an area where the IDF has not yet conducted ground maneuvers since the beginning of the war. The highest it could be, and the Shin Bet brought the golden information there," repeated TNA 8. "From the moment it was received, we continued to go down to all the details until the picture was complete and allowed us to build an operational plan that addresses all the weak points.
The operation would not have been carried out without intelligence and the Shin Bet provided it in an excellent way."
Commander of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police Spokesperson
The commander of the Navy says that the excitement was at its peak. "When this is a task assigned to us, everyone wants to participate and go out.
What's more, you don't take out all the fighters but some of them and everyone wanted to participate in it and be involved in it.
Especially since in the test of the result the success is great, that no one was hurt and the abductees were rescued safely, this operation entered the history books of the unit.
The IMM works wherever it has a relative advantage and can have an impact. We also work in Yosh, Gaza and other places.
Where we have a comparative advantage, we work.
And not only after this operation and after October 7, but long before.
There is nothing new here, as far as we are concerned, we continue everything as usual.
The operation is over, they are investigating and learning lessons, facing forward, and also, if necessary, for another rescue operation."
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