1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon
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On the night of April 9 and early morning of April 10, 1973, Israeli army special forces units attacked several Palestine Liberation Organization targets in Beirut and Sidon, Lebanon. The attack, know
Israeli commanders debriefing following the operation
Vehicles used by the raiding force abandoned by the Beirut shore after the raid
A Lebanese security forces vehicle damaged in the raid
Kamal Adwan's apartment after the raid
Sayeret Matkal
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The Sayeret Matkal is an elite special reconnaissance unit of the Israel Defense Forces. It is subordinate to the General Staff of IDF.
1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon
…to identify and kill the three targets. However, IDF Chief of Staff David Elazar had doubts about the plan and asked Ehud Barak, the commander of the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit, to come up with a better one. After examining the intelligence, Barak concluded that the IDF's proposal would take too much time…
A Sayeret Matkal soldier
Ehud Barak