The Zionist media’s acknowledgment of the unprecedented casualties of the Sheldag special unit in Gaza

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, after The Israeli army announced that Yitzhar Hoffman, one of the top commanders of the Sheldag special unit, which is one of the most elite units of the Israeli Air Force, was killed during the clashes in Gaza. have been killed and this unit had not suffered as many casualties in any war as the current war. who have been in the war with the infantry forces since October 7, have suffered many casualties in this war, and at least 9 soldiers of the Sheldag unit have been killed so far.

He added, unfortunately The change in the operational methods of the Israeli army can be seen in its casualties. Some troops of the 669 unit teams, which carry out emergency rescue operations in the field and are present in all combat groups, were killed in the terrible tragedy that happened to the 13th battalion in Al-Shujaieh neighborhood.

Yesterday, the Israeli army announced that Hoffman, one of the senior commanders of the Sheldag unit, was killed in the clashes in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Hebrew media Pointing out that even the loss of one of the forces of the elite Sheldag unit is a disaster for the Israeli army, they announced that the death of this Sheldag commander was a great blow.

Meanwhile The Zionist media themselves have admitted many times that the Israeli army does not provide the real statistics of its casualties and that the statistics it declares are much lower than the actual number of dead and wounded.

Sheldag or unit “5101” is a commando unit affiliated with the Air Force of the Zionist regime, which is under the command of special forces in the air force of this regime. This unit was formed in 1974 after the lessons learned by the Israeli army in the October 1973 war with the Arabs, and its purpose was to increase the capabilities of the Air Force in the field of commando units and intelligence gathering.

The founder of the Sheldag unit and its first commander was Colonel Moki Batsar, who had a special expertise in the field of parachute patrols and was also the commander of a secret brigade in the Israeli army headquarters patrol. This unit is under the special support and attention of “Yeftah Sebaktor”, the head of the operation branch of the Israeli Air Force. The “Sairt Metkal” unit operated and was known as the “Air Force Missions Battalion”, after that in January 1977, following the order of “Rafael Eitan”, the then Chief of Staff of the Zionist Army, it was decided that the Sheldag unit was changed from a reserve battalion to a unit. become normal, and the elements of the Israeli army joined the Sheldag unit from the patrol of the army headquarters.

Among the most important operations carried out by the Sheldug unit, we can include the transfer of Jews from Ethiopia to occupied Palestine. Removal of Mossad spy service officials from Sudan after the overthrow of the country’s former president Jaafar al-Nimiri in April 1985, participation in the first war with Lebanon in 1982, participation in the assassination operation of al-Fathawi Jamal Abdul Razzaq, one of the commanders of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip. pointed out in November 2000.

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