Sayeret Matkal

The Greatest Operations of Israel's Elite Commandos

Avner Shur

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9781510773202
• Topic: Storia
• Subtopic: Storia ebraica

Sayeret Matkal depicts the greatest operations of Israel's elite commando force from the perspective of the people who were there—the soldiers and their commanders, many of whom became Israel's top leaders and politicians: people such as Benjamin Netanyahu, Moshe Ya'alon, and Ehud Barak. In riveting prose and fascinating detail, the book tells the stories of operations such as Spring of Youth, in which PLO terrorists were killed in their homes in Beirut; the daring hostage rescue mission in Entebbe, Uganda, one of the unit's most glorious operations; the assassination of Abu Jihad in Tunis, Tunisia, and many more. First and foremost, this is a book about the remarkable people who made Israel's legendary commando unit an icon of determination, ingenuity, and courage.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Operation Show of Force—The Assassination of Abu Jihad in Tunis, 1988
• Chapter 2: An Elite Force Is Born
• Chapter 3: The Bulmus Operations—Suez Canal, May 1969
• Chapter 4: Operation Bulmus 6—The Raid on Green Island, July 1969
• Chapter 5: Operation Isotope—The Sabena Flight Hostage Crisis, May 1972
• Chapter 6: Operation Crate—The Abduction of Syrian Officers in Southern Lebanon, June 1972
• Chapter 7: Operation Spring of Youth—Beirut, April 1973
• Chapter 8: The Rescue of Israeli Paratroopers from the Peak of the Hermon—November 1973
• Chapter 9: The Ma’alot Massacre—Ma’alot, May 1974
• Chapter 10: The Savoy Hotel Attack—Tel Aviv, March 1975
• Chapter 11: Operation Thunderbolt—Entebbe, July 1976
• Chapter 12: The Misgav Am Massacre—April 1980
• Chapter 13: The Bus 300 Hijacking—April 1984
• Chapter 14: Operation Lovely Youth—The Abduction of Sheikh Obeid in Lebanon, July 1989
• Chapter 15: Operation Veering Sting—The Abduction of Mustafa Dirani, 1994
• Chapter 16: The Attempted Rescue of Nachshon Wachsman—Bir Nabala, October 1994
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• Plates