Unit 669 is made up of rescue specialists, combat medics and doctors, and helicopter pilots. Apart from the medical evacuations, the unit has carried out 200 other operations since October 7, during ...

IDF pararescue teams, known as Unit 669, have extracted more than sixty injured soldiers from the war zone in Gaza since the start of the ground invasion. The rescues included advanced life-saving ...

The Israel Defense Forces publishes footage showing members of the Air Force’s elite helicopter-borne search and rescue Unit 669 extracting wounded soldiers from inside the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s ...

Sometimes, Shai Shani had to crawl through dark and cold caves for hours. Other times, he jumped into a tumultuous ocean in the middle of a thunderstorm. This was not done to serve an adrenaline ...

An Israeli special forces hero has told of his death-defying missions into Gaza to rescue comrades under fire from Hamas. Master Sergeant G is part of the secretive Unit 669 which has saved hundreds ...

Unit 669 is an elite unit which has for specialization the rescue of both soldiers and civilians under any condition or in any location. IAF evacuates soldiers from the Gaza Strip. (Credit: IDF ...

Since the beginning of the war, the soldiers of Unit 669 (Special Tactics Rescue), medical teams and Israeli Air Force Transport Helicopter squadrons have been operating under fire, deep in the Gaza ...