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The YAMAM ( ימ"מ ), is the acronym for Special Police Unit (יחידת משטרה מיוחדת) in Hebrew, Israel's elite civilian "counter-terrorism" unit. The YAMAM has a world-wide reputation as a professional and successful paramilitary force and it is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against civilian targets. Besides military duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work. Hebrew (עִבְרִית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Special response teams are heavily armed and armored. ... Look up Undercover in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Name and organization

YAMAM stands for Special Police Unit (יחידת משטרה מיוחדת). In Israel it is also called "Unit for Counter-Terror היחידה ללוחמה בטרור". The YAMAM answers to the MAGAV central command and belongs to the civilian Israeli police forces rather than the military. Its operators and officers are professional policemen on payroll, usually with combat experience from their military service within the IDF. MAGAV (in Hebrew מגב ) is an acronym for Mishmar Ha-Gvul ( מישמר הגבול ), which in Hebrew means Frontier Guard. MAGAV is the combat branch of the Israeli Police and its composed from professional officers on payroll and field policemen redirected from the IDF (men at the age of 18... Israeli Police logo The Israeli police (משטרת ישראל) is a civilian force in the State of Israel. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ×”×”×’× ×” לישראל , [Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated with the Hebrew acronym צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israeli Army, the Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Navy. ...

The YAMAM is self-dependent, training its own operators in all fields, such as sniping, recon, dog operating, bomb disposal, etc. As a result, the YAMAM has a very rapid deployment time and high coordination between various squads (sniping squad, entry team, engagement force, etc.). Looking through a USMC sniper rifles scope at a practice range at Camp Hansen The same USMC sniper team, with a M40 Sniper Rifle (2004) The term sniper is attested from 1824 in the sense of sharpshooter. The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India... US Soldiers removing landmines. ...

The YAMAM's primary duties are:

1. Hostage rescue.
2. Offensive or preemptive operations.
3. SWAT duties - handling dangerous criminals.
4. Undercover police operations.
5. VIP security.

Most of the YAMAM's activity is classified, and published YAMAM operations are often credited to other units. Nevertheless, the YAMAM enjoys a high reputation among SF professionals and the Israeli public. A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor (often a criminal abductor) in order to compel another party (relative, employer, government. ... Special response teams are heavily armed and armored. ... A Very Important Person, or VIP (pronouced vee-eye-pee) is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance. ...

History

The YAMAM was established after the Maalot massacre, where a failed operation by military special forces units ended with 21 children murdered before the hostage takers were killed. Since hostage rescue in friendly territory is different from that in hostile areas, it was decided to establish an elite civilian force, which develops and practices a special CQB (Close Quarters Battles) doctrine for "counter-terrorism" operations in friendly territory and hostage rescue. In the late 1974 the YAMAM was established as and falls under the direct jurisidiction of a special forces counter-terrorism unit of the MAGAV — the combat arm of the police. The Maalot massacre was a school massacre in Maalot, Israel, that occurred on May 15, 1974. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with MOUT. (Discuss) CQB, sometimes CQC, is an acronym for Close Quarters Battle or Close Quarters Combat, and refers to fighting methods within buildings, streets, narrow alleys and other places where visibility and maneuverability are limited. ... MAGAV (in Hebrew מגב ) is an acronym for Mishmar Ha-Gvul ( מישמר הגבול ), which in Hebrew means Frontier Guard. MAGAV is the combat branch of the Israeli Police and its composed from professional officers on payroll and field policemen redirected from the IDF (men at the age of 18...

Operational record 1974 - September 2000

The YAMAM has carried out many paramilitary operations. Some of the missions known to the public prior to the al-Aqsa Intifada are listed below: The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June 2002. ...

• In March, 1988, the YAMAM was called into action after a group of three Palestinians hijacked a bus full of women returning from work at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona, in an incident known as the "Mothers Bus". The YAMAM struck, killing all three targets, but not managing to prevent three Israeli passengers from being killed.
• On March 3, 2000, the YAMAM captured an armed group hidden in the Israeli-Arab town of Taibe with the aid of Sayeret Duvdevan and an IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer. In the end of the raid, one man was arrested and four were killed. [1] (password-restricted link)

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Operational record during the al-Aqsa Intifada (since October 2000)

The YAMAM has carried out many paramilitary operations during the Al-Aqsa Intifada within the last few years. The vast majority of them are classified. Some of the most notable are listed below: The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June 2002. ...

• April 7, 2002: A combination of SHABAK, the YAMAM and the IDF leads to the capture of Case Aduwan, a Hamas member who planned the Passover massacre in Netanya. Aduwan fortified himself in a house along with four armed members. During the raid, YAMAM snipers killed two and IDF forces located and safely detonated a car bomb meant to be sent into an Israeli city. After 12 hours of heavy fire exchanges, an armoured IDF Caterpillar D9 demolished the house. Aduwan's body was found under the rubble.
• YAMAM and Sayeret Matkal rescued Israeli cab driver Eliyaho Goral, after he was kidnapped by Palestinian militants.
• June 23, 2003: YAMAM forces killed Hamas' head in Hebron, Abbedullah Qawasameh.
• December 3, 2003: YAMAM forces foiled an attempted massacre in Yokne'am school by Palestinians.
• YAMAM forces killed Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian who was responsible for the deaths of a mother and her two children in Kibbutz Metzer.
• YAMAM forces, together with IDF elite units, arrested 12 members of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, which used the shelter of a mental institute in Bethlehem to prepare a huge suicide bombing against Israel during Passover.
• July 25, 2004: YAMAM forces kill 6 Tanzim members in Tulkarm, including the local head and a linkman to Hizbullah.
• November 21, 2004: Three Fatah militants were killed in a gunfight with the YAMAM. One of the dead was Mohammed Rassan Sheikh, a senior Fatah militant who hid in Arafat's compound for a long time. (Haaretz)

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YAMAM Directors

• Asaf Hafetz (1974-1988)
• Elik Ron (1988-1992)
• David Tzur (1992-1995)
• The names of active YAMAM chiefs are prohibited from publication.

External Links

• YAMAM Guide at isayeret.com - The Israeli Special Forces Database

See also

• Israeli Special Forces:
  • Sayeret
  • Sayeret Matkal
  • Shayetet-13

• Israeli security forces:
  • MAGAV.
  • Israeli police.
  • Israeli Defence Forces.
  • SHABAK (Shin Bet).

• Similar foreign counter terrorism units:
  • Special forces.
  • SWAT (USA).
  • SAS (UK).
  • GSG-9 (Germany).