The IDF's elite reconnaissance unit, Sayeret Matkal, is known for its daring missions behind enemy lines, most of which are still classified • The unit's veterans have become political leaders, academics and educators and are represented in virtually every part of Israeli society • Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Spring of Youth, in which members of Fatah's senior leadership were assassinated in Beirut. • Ahead of the publication of a new book, its former members speak.
צילום: IDF Spokesperson's Unit // The aftermath of the Sabena raid in 1972, in which Sayeret Matkal commandos stormed the hijacked Belgian carrier dressed as technicians. Pictured above, Ehud Barak (in white technician suit).
