Established in the 1980s, Oketz has supported every major Israeli military campaign, including the 2006 Lebanon War and recent operations in Gaza. The unit sources most of its dogs—primarily ...

The IDF's Oketz canine unit has played a critical role in the ongoing Gaza conflict, with its use of military dogs providing key lessons for militaries worldwide. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF IDF Oketz ...

“We are not giving up – we are bringing Haymanot Kasau home,” said the unit on Facebook. Soldiers in the IDF's Oketz unit ...

The Israeli Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed the failure of dogs trained in the ‘Oketz’ unit of the Israeli army in the face of the huge dogs used by the Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza ...

The Egoz Unit (lit. “Walnut Unit,” with Egoz serving as an acronym for “anti-guerrilla and small-scale warfare”) is an elite commando unit within the IDF. Officially designated as Unit 621, Egoz ...

the commander of the Islamic Jihad's Rocket Unit in the northern Gaza Strip. Masri was responsible for commanding and executing numerous attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.

It turns out the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has a special forces unit specifically trained on the wintry conditions of Mount Hermon. As an avid skier myself, I was curious to learn more about this ...