Get To Know The Yahalom Unit

Get To Know The Yahalom Unit

The Yahalom unit is the special combat unit of the Combat Engineering Corps. The unit is trained to deal with special engineering tasks that are unique to it, such as underground and hidden terrorist tunnels. They are a professional and superior authority for the handling of dangerous ammunition and weapons, and have provided assistance to IDF units in special engineering tasks with ground and water obstacles.

The unit's role includes special sabotage missions, demolition and explosion of buildings, sabotage of enemy infrastructure, handling & preparing explosive devices and bombs, neutralization of enemy explosive devices, clearing complex minefields as well as locating and destroying terrorist tunnels. At times, the unit uses robots and many remote controlled devices, with the purpose of protecting our soldiers so as to not endanger human life