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October 27, 2022       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-720128

The IDF Underwater Missions Unit

(Jerusalem Post) Anna Ahronheim - The IDF Special Forces Underwater Missions Unit (UMU) is an elite force specializing in diving, sabotage, search and rescue, and special missions up to 42 meters under the sea. The unit, founded in 1963, is comprised of less than 100 soldiers - both women and men. The unit specializes in handling explosive devices such as the remains of missiles that fall into the sea or naval mines. It also assists the Navy in thwarting the infiltration of Hamas frogmen. In January, the unit participated in the recovery of a Navy helicopter that crashed off the coast of Haifa. In 2018, the unit was sent to Brazil and helped discover victims after a large dam collapsed.

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