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 )