
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Sayeret Matkal depicts the greatest operations of Israel's elite commando force from the perspective of the people who were thereāthe 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.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Operation Show of ForceāThe Assassination of Abu Jihad in Tunis, 1988
- Chapter 2: An Elite Force Is Born
- Chapter 3: The Bulmus OperationsāSuez Canal, May 1969
- Chapter 4: Operation Bulmus 6āThe Raid on Green Island, July 1969
- Chapter 5: Operation IsotopeāThe Sabena Flight Hostage Crisis, May 1972
- Chapter 6: Operation CrateāThe Abduction of Syrian Officers in Southern Lebanon, June 1972
- Chapter 7: Operation Spring of YouthāBeirut, April 1973
- Chapter 8: The Rescue of Israeli Paratroopers from the Peak of the HermonāNovember 1973
- Chapter 9: The Maāalot MassacreāMaāalot, May 1974
- Chapter 10: The Savoy Hotel AttackāTel Aviv, March 1975
- Chapter 11: Operation ThunderboltāEntebbe, July 1976
- Chapter 12: The Misgav Am MassacreāApril 1980
- Chapter 13: The Bus 300 HijackingāApril 1984
- Chapter 14: Operation Lovely YouthāThe Abduction of Sheikh Obeid in Lebanon, July 1989
- Chapter 15: Operation Veering StingāThe Abduction of Mustafa Dirani, 1994
- Chapter 16: The Attempted Rescue of Nachshon WachsmanāBir Nabala, October 1994
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Plates