Sublime

SAYERET MATKAL In 1957, Avraham Arnan, an unorthodox and entrepreneurial officer of the HUMINT unit of the Intelligence Corps, established a new unit subordinated directly to the head of AMAN. Designated Unit 269, the innovative new group was Sayeret Matkal, the GHQ Reconnaissance Unit. The personnel of this unit consisted of first-rate warriors, w

Munya Mardor, founder of Rafael (the Armament Development Authority) wrote in his diary on May 28, 1967, “When I came to the assembly hall, I found [name deleted] inspecting a group of technicians who were active in assembling a secret weapon that they had designed and produced before the outbreak of the war. Members of the team were aware of the v

This specialist unit, under the command of Avraham Arnan, was subordinated to the director of AMAN and evolved, after a few years, into the elite unit known as Sayeret Matkal.