Yahalom is a specialized combat engineering unit of the Israel Defense Forces. Known for its expertise in tunnel detection, demolition, and counter-tunnel warfare against Hamas and Hezbollah infrastructure. Recently, the unit has conducted tunnel destruction operations in both Gaza and southern Lebanon. Last updated Jul 5th, 2026
Footage from southern Lebanon: troops of the 7th Brigade and the Yahalom combat engineering unit operating in the security zone, locating an underground route and destroying it.
The IDF demolished the home of the terrorist behind the March 21, 2026 attack in which Yehuda Sherman was killed and another Israeli was wounded. Forces from the Yahalom unit and Sayeret Nahal, under Samaria Brigade command, carried out the operation overnight in the village of Beit Amin.
The IDF has released new details on the three-month operation to capture the Ali Tahr Ridge in southern Lebanon.
Around 50 Hezbollah terrorists barricaded inside the underground tunnels chose to fight to the death. Israel offered them a ch...
The IDF has released new details on the three-month operation to capture the Ali Tahr Ridge in southern Lebanon.
Around 50 Hezbollah terrorists barricaded inside the underground tunnels chose to fight to the death. Israel offered them a chance to surrender through intermediaries in Lebanon. They refused and were eliminated.
Yahalom fighters found drones, anti-tank missiles and other weapons inside. Egoz fighters carried out ambushes near the shafts. Hezbollah's attempts to rescue or resupply the trapped men were disrupted.
Israel informed the U.S., which then notified the Lebanese government.
IDF: A months-long engineering operation in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, uncovered and destroyed approximately 11 km of Hamas tunnel routes.
The 252nd Division and the Combat Engineering Corps' Yahalom unit carried out hundreds of drillings along the Yellow Line, demolishing underground infrastructure and hundreds of surface sites.
IDF says it demolished several Hezbollah combat positions on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, including rocket-launching posts. The raid was led by the Alpinist Unit and Yahalom Combat Engineering Unit.
Full footage from inside a giant Hezbollah tunnel in Kantara, southern Lebanon. 25 meters underground, 10 km from the Israeli border. Tour led by a commander from the IDF's Yahalom engineering unit.
IDF says its Yahalom combat engineering unit and 7th Brigade destroyed a Hezbollah underground tunnel in southern Lebanon used to stage attacks against Israeli forces.
IDF: Sgt. Moshe Yitzhak HaCohen Katz, 22, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion, was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in southern Lebanon overnight.
3 soldiers were moderately wounded.
In a separate attack on Saturday, about 20 troops were injured, including 7 moderately. A Yahalom lieutenant colonel was among the wounded.
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