Yahalom (IDF)

Jahalom (Hebrew יהל"ם ) is a special engineer unit of the Israeli armed forces. The word Jahalom ( יהלום ) means diamond, in this case, however, an acronym of the Hebrew words " Engineering Unit for Special Tasks."

Common Tasks

The Jahalom unit was set up for special missions, which include the following:

  • Command - and anti-terrorism missions.
  • Identifying explosive / ignition and defuse
  • Defuse bombs, land mines and unexploded ordnance
  • Maritime sabotage
  • Search and destroy smuggling tunnels.
  • Development of novel methods and tools to mitigate
  • Teaching and training engineering corps soldiers and other special units in defusing explosives
  • Military Special Forces (Israel )
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