Shayetet 13

Israel Navy commandos, submarines train to protect Eilat from invasion

Many of the scenarios the IDF trained to defend against were based on special intelligence the IDF obtained from a highly placed Hezbollah secret naval commander.

SOLDIERS WATCH as a US destroyer conducts an operation with the Israeli Navy.
A joint drill between the IDF’s elite Shayetet 13 navy commandos and US Army Special Forces

Shayetet 13 operation foiled Nasrallah’s Hezbollah maritime network run, IDF reveals

Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.

HRF files complaint on Shayetet 13 commander in British war crimes court over Handala ship seizure

 Activist Greta Thunberg stands aboard the aid ship Madleen, which left the Italian port of Catania on June 1 to travel to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, in this picture released on June 2, 2025 on social media.

Greta Thunberg's 'Madleen' docks in Ashdod port, crew offered to watch Oct. 7 footage


Israel's arrest of senior Hezbollah operative could change the game, expert predicts

Hezbollah "must decide whether to alter their operational plans and relocate bases or gamble that the detainee won't divulge critical information," Baram said.

 Hezbollah operatives.

In four minutes: Details revealed on Shayetet 13 op. to capture Hezbollah official

The Hezbollah official was reportedly subsequently transferred to Israeli territory. 

 Shayetet 13 operatives.

Shayetet 13 Lebanon mission reveals Israel's deep penetration into Hezbollah - analysis

If indeed the commandos executed this mission, there are several significant points to note.

 Shayetet 13 operatives.

Shayetet 13 commandos capture senior Hezbollah official in northern Lebanon - report

Emad Fadel Amhz, a senior member of Hezbollah, was also reportedly a member of the Lebanese Navy.

 Illustrative image purporting to show Emad Fadel Amhaz

This is how Israel's 'Navy SEALs' took over al Shifa Hospital

Now, top officers do not even refer to Shifa as “Shifa Hospital” but as “the Shifa compound” to reflect their belief that it was more a command center than an abused hospital.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Shifa Hospital area on March 30, 2024.

IDF destroys rockets aimed at Israel, continues raid of Shifa Hospital

Guided by intelligence information, fighters found and destroyed several rockets that were aimed at Israeli territory.

 Israeli soldiers operate near Shifa Hospital, in Gaza, March 29, 2024

IDF's operation in Shifa Hospital one of largest since war began - report

Since the start of the activities in Shifa, over 170 terrorists have been killed, and around 500 terrorists associated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been arrested.

 Israel's military patrols near Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.

IDF arrests over 100 terrorists in Gaza's Nasser hospital

Troops from the 98th Division operating in the Khan Yunis area arrested the terrorists in Nasser Hospital with the support of Shayetet 13 special forces embedded in the Division.

 IDF troops operating in Khan Yunis, February 17, 2024.

Israel needs to double dead Hamas terrorists in Gaza - Gallant says

There will be no life for the State of Israel if anyone can start a war and kill, kidnap, rape, and abuse such numbers of people, and the State of Israel is silent."

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addresses soldiers near the Lebanese border, December 17, 2023

Elite IDF unit clears Gaza City schools of Hamas terrorists

Dozens of terrorists were detained by the forces and taken into Israel for interrogation following an initial probe by the Military Intelligence Directorate's Unit 504.

 IDF soldiers operate in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood on December 24, 2023