4. Sayeret Matkal
Country: Israel
Branch: Military Intelligence Directorate
Motto: Who dares wins.
The original mission of Sayeret Matkal was field intelligence-gathering in the enemy’s rear. While that still remains their primary objective, they have picked up few more assignments since their creation in 1957. After the disastrous Ma’alot massacre, when the storming of the school with 115 hostages held by three gunmen resulted in the death of 25 hostages, Sayeret Matkal was confined to the operations abroad, while another unit, Yamam, was created for domestic counter-terrorism operations. Sayeret Matkal became known internationally after the Operation Entebbe, a rescue of 102 hostages from the Entebbe airport in Uganda.
