The successful rescue of hostages by the Shayetet 13, the special force of the Israeli Navy

@DefAviation ES 10·13·2023 · 14:12 0

The terrorist attack launched by Hamas against Israel on October 7 has not had even more victims thanks to the actions of the Israeli military.

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The Israel Defense Forces released a video yesterday showing one of these operations, carried out by Shayetet 13 (Flotilla 13), the Israeli Navy's special operations force. equivalent of the famous US Navy SEALs, but with the difference that it is much older, since Shayetet 13 was founded in 1949. Today it is considered one of the best special forces in the world .This operation would have been carried out on October 7, the same day of the Hamas attack. In the video one of the terrorists appears being taken out of a building completely naked:

What appears in the video is the Israeli military post of Sufa, near the southern border with Gaza. The post was stormed by Hamas terrorists on Saturday, October 7. The description of the video indicates the following details of the operation: "The soldiers rescued around 250 hostages alive. 60+ Hamas terrorists were neutralized and 26 were apprehended — including Muhammad Abu A'ali the Deputy Commander of the Hamas southern Naval Division." We can see below some details shown in the video:

A Shayetet 13 soldier with the Israeli version of the M-4 carbine. Unlike the original American carbine, this version has longer handguard vents.

Shayetet 13 soldiers with an M-4 carbine and an M-72 LAW grenade launcher. The soldier in the center of the image carries a CamelBak on his back.

Two Shayetet 13 operators. They wear helmets and special operations uniforms, but with the traditional olive green color of the Israeli Army. The operator on the left wears a red Punisher skull patch on his helmet.

An image in which we see the M-72 LAW grenade launcher hanging on the back of this operator.

A Shayetet 13 operator firing his M-4 carbine. A suppressor is attached to the barrel.

Three Shayetet 13 operators during the hostage rescue. The one on the left is armed with an M-4 carbine and wears the captain's insignia on his arm. The operator on the right is a select marksman and carries a 7.62 mm Barrett REC10 rifle.

Another image of the Shayetet 13 operators that allows us to see their equipment better. In the center foreground we see an M-4 carbine with a suppressor. The operator we see in the center carries an M-72 LAW grenade launcher. Two of the soldiers wear patches with the Israeli Flag in low visibility, black.

Shayetet 13 operators inside one of the Sufa military post buildings. They are spreading a thermal rescue blanket over a wounded man.

Shayetet 13 soldiers evacuating an injured person on a stretcher. In the background we see a Merkava Mk-IV tank.