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YamamFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yamam symbolThe Yamam (Hebrew: ימ\"מ), is the acronym for Special Police Unit (יחידת משטרה מיוחדת, Yeḥidat Mishtara Meyuḥedet), Israel\'s elite civilian counter-terrorism unit. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas. Besides military duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work.
Contents- 1 Name and organization
- 2 History
- 2.1 Operational record 1974 - September 2000
- 3 Equipment
- 4 See also
- 5 References
Yamam stands for Special Police Unit. In Israel it is also called \"The Unit for Counter-Terror Warfare\" (היחידה ללוחמה בטרור). The Yamam answers to the Ministry of Defense central command and belongs to the civilian Israel Police forces on paper, rather than the military, but is actually independent in many ways. Its operators and officers are professional policemen on payroll, always with infantry experience from their military service within the Israel Defense Forces. Yamam recruits its members exclusively from Israeli units.
Yamam is an integral part of the Israeli Border Guard (Magav) for the purpose of pay checks and budget only. The name being the acronym for the unit\'s Hebrew name: Yechida Mishtartit Meyuchedet (=Special Police Unit.) The unit is primarily responsible for civilian hostage rescue within Israel\'s borders, but from about the mid-1990s it has been used for tasks such as arresting police suspects who have barricaded themselves in and required specialized extraction methods, and in counter-terror operations within the Arab West Bank and Gaza. The Yamam are schooled in basic Arabic and dress to assimilate within the Arab population to avoid detection similar to Duvdevan, in order to carry out raids to arrest those suspected of conducting terrorist activities within the Israeli homeland.
Unit Yamam is about 200 members strong and comprises a headquarters element, an intelligence section and a small team responsible for the development of new operational techniques and testing new equipment. These central elements apart, the bulk of the unit is divided into a number of sections, each consisting of five teams, each containing operators with a particular specialization, so that the section includes within its numbers all the elements needed for a successful operation: roping team, entry team, medic team, sniping team, dog team, EOD team (demolition and bomb disposal). Thus, whereas an IDF special forces operation needs to assemble elements from different specialist units, in Yamam, they are all permanently part of the same unit, living, training and operating together.
Applicants for Yamam must be between 22 and 30 years of age and must have completed their three-year infantry service in the IDF with a level 7 of IDF training or higher, but no previous police experience is required. Unlike American SWAT teams, the YAMAM is a professional unit with only combat duties and no other police type work. The selection process includes a \"hell week\" said to be one of the hardest in the world. This level of difficulty is achieved because all the applicants are already seasoned combat soldiers, like the US Delta force.The skills they are looking for in every candidate are: intelligence, physical fitness, motivation, trustworthiness, accountability, maturity, stability, judgment, decisiveness, teamwork, influence, and communication. Training lasts 12 months and is carried out in the unit\'s own training center, although some use is made of the facilities at the IDF Counter Terror Warfare School (LOTAR, Unit 707.) The course is divided into an eight-month general CT training period at the end of which recruits are selected for their specialization and then concentrate for the remaining four months on that specialization. Upon graduation, individuals are posted to fill gaps in the sections. Yamam considers that it has several advantages over the IDF counter-terror units, first, because the men are more mature, most in their mid 30\'s and early 40\'s, and spend much longer in the unit than the equivalent military units, and, second, because the units contain a far broader range of ages and experience.
The Yamam is self-dependent, training its own operators in all fields, such as sniping, reconnaissance, dog operating, bomb disposal, etc. As a result, the Yamam has a rapid deployment time and high coordination between various squads (sniping squad, entry team, engagement force, etc.).
The Yamam\'s primary duties are:
- Hostage rescue.
- Offensive or preemptive operations.Direct action
- SWAT duties - handling dangerous criminals. Arrests/Kidnaping
- Undercover police operations.
- 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.
The Yamam was established after the Ma\'alot 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 late 1974, the Yamam was established and has since fallen under the direct jurisdiction of the Israel Border Police — the combat arm of the Israel Police.
Operational record 1974 - September 2000The Yamam has carried out many paramilitary operations. Some of the missions known to the public prior to the al-Aqsa Intifada are listed below:
- 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 hijackers, 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)
Israel Police Counter Terrorism Unit
Quality Personnel as the Secret of Success
The challenge of recruiting outstanding operators
Major Hani C.
The Yamam is the Israel National Police Counter Terrorism Unit. Established in 1974, the Yamam has a world renowned reputation as a leading counter terrorism unit and has spearheaded the battle against terrorism in Israel over the past three decades.
Recruitment to the unit remains one of the most significant and sensitive steps in the process of identifying the future operators who are willing to risk their lives in the battle against terrorism and in protecting the lives of Israeli citizens. The unit places great emphasis on obtaining the highest quality personnel and then providing them with the appropriate training and skills.
The Yamam opens a training course once a year and requires basic attributes such as professionalism, determination, courage, leadership, fighting spirit and modesty. These characteristics, along with command experience in the military, are crucial elements for building an effective force for the wide variety of missions the unit conducts each year.
The unit receives hundreds of resumes every year from prospective candidates that seem to fit the bill, yet only a careful and reliable screening process exposes the best of the best. Such a case occurred recently. \"D\" was an officer in an elite unit in the IDF. He sent his resume to the Yamam which presented an impressive record of professionalism, leadership and persistence, all of which made him a legitimate candidate to join the unit. During his interviews with the senior command of the unit, a number of aspects were uncovered which cast some doubt on his compatibility with the unit. Sure enough, those doubts were proven correct during his field tests later in the selection process.
Friedrich Nietzsche once said: \"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how\". A Yamam operator is well aware of the reasons he was recruited to the unit and the goals of the operations he conducts. To attain these goals he will be required to make instant independent operational decisions in the field. He is fully cognizant of the critical importance of maneuvering forces into a position where the enemy will be incapable of continuing the fight.
Another aspect looked for in the prospective Yamam operator is a psychological element. Over half of the Yamam members were officers in the Israeli Army. Such an operator, who was accustomed to commanding others and leading them into battle, now has to make a complete mental change by removing his officer rank and accepting the unique combat techniques of the Yamam.
The Yamam operator\'s maturity and judgment, along with his years of service to his country, are significant contributions to the unit and its abilities in the unique world of counter terrorism. His experience teaches him to retain situational awareness and beware of complacency and mental laziness.
The every day operations of the unit against high priority terrorist targets, \"ticking bomb\" suicide terrorists and serious crime, along with maintaining preparedness for hostage rescue, require unusually high standards of operational capabilities which the average person would not be able to sustain.
Recruiting appropriate personnel to protect the State of Israel and its citizens is a primary challenge for the unit. Only about one percent of the initial candidates actually begin the grueling training course, and not all of them will graduate and become Yamam operators. The long and meticulous screening process and training pays off: the life-risking determination that every single one of the Yamam operators and commanders displays has made a major contribution to the security of the State of Israel and the safety of her citizens.
In March 2000, Israeli intelligence located a number of terrorists who entered Israel from the Gaza Strip and hid in a house in Taibeh. The terrorists were in possession of a number of large suitcase bombs and were on their way to carry out a simultaneous terrorist attack in five Israeli cities.
Yamam operators surrounded the building when suddenly one of the terrorist exited the building and blew himself up by the forces. The teams stormed the house killing all four of the terrorists.
One Yamam operator was injured in his leg during the incident and after a long rehabilitation, was fitted with a prosthetic leg and returned to continue his service in the unit.
- 1 History
- 2 Structure
- 3 Volunteer Border Guard
- 4 References
- 5 See also
- 6 External links
The Border Police was founded as the Frontier Corps (Hebrew: חיל הספר, Heil HaSfar), a gendarmerie under the IDF in 1949 with the task of providing security in rural areas and along the borders. In the course of the following years, it was gradually transferred to the command of the Police and became the Border Police. During these years, it secured new settlements and countered infiltration of Palestinian Fedayeen, especially from Egypt and Jordan.
Magavnikim with an Israel Border Police Sufa in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem\'s Old City.During the 1956 Suez War, the Border Police was involved in the Kafr Qasim massacre. On the second day of the war, a curfew was imposed on the Israeli Arab village. Villagers who had worked in the village fields and were apparently unaware of the curfew were shot as they returned to the village[1], resulting in 49 dead. This event raised a strong protest in the Israeli public and resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the obligation of soldiers to disobey manifestly illegal orders.
During the 1967 Six-Day War, the Border Police took part in the fighting alongside the IDF. Following the war, it was deployed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and charged with maintaining law and order as part of the military administration. Since then, a significant portion of the Border Police\'s activity has been in these territories, especially during the years of the Intifada.
In 1974, the counter-terror unit Yamam was established.
In the October Riots the Border Police were used as the main branch of the treatment in the events. During al-Aqsa Intifada the Border Police took a large part in the security activity.
In 2005 the Border Police participated in the implementation of the disengagement plan.
The Border Guards heaviest area of operation is the City of Jerusalem. Virtually all soldiers that can be seen patrolling the streets of Jerusalem are Border Guard servicemen. Approximately 20% of all Border Guard personnel in the country are located in the City of Jerusalem alone. Besides Jerusalem MAGAV also provides security,conducts military operations,raids and arrests on Palestinian territories,in cities like and Hebron.
The total number of Border Guards is believed to be about 6000 soldiers and officers.
StructureThe Border Police is composed of professional officers on payroll and field policemen redirected from the IDF (men and women at the age of 18 can choose to serve in the Border Police instead of the IDF, serving 3 years as a border policeman is equal to 3 years as an IDF soldier). All border policemen receive combat training and in addition are also trained for CT (counter-terrorism), riot control and policework. Excellent policemen can specialize in some profession and receive special training to become snipers, buggie-drivers, dog operators, bomb squad etc.
Because of their combat training, border policemen are employed in unquiet areas, where there are greater risks for riots, violence and even terror. They serve mainly at the countryside, at Arab villages and towns (along with the regular police), near the borders and at the West Bank.
The Border Police is also responsible for security of rural settlements inside Israel with its Rural Police (Hebrew: שיטור כפרי, shitur kafri) units and community security coordinators (Hebrew: רב\"ש, rabash). Rural policemen are full time professional officers and security coordinators are a mixture of full time and volunteer officers.
The Border Police has four Special forces units: Yamam (Counter-Terror and Hostage Rescue unit), Yamas (Counter-Terror Undercover Unit), Yamag (Tactical Counter-Crime and Counter-Terror Rapid Deployment Unit) and Matilan (Intelligence Gathering and Infiltrations Interception Unit).
The Border Police has an excellent record of thwarting terrorist attacks. One of the most famous incidents is the capture of a car bomb, containing more than 500 kg of explosives, near Wadi Ara.
The Yamam record includes the capture of a terrorist group hidden in the Arab town of Tayibe, the rescue of Eliyahu Goral, the killing of the Hamas head in Hebron and Abbedullah Qawasameh.
Volunteer Border GuardThe Border Guard also deploys a large number of volunteer servicemen. These volunteer Border Guard members enlist as volunteers and serve in regular Border Guard units. The Border Guard relies on the volunteer soldiers in order to reinforce their manpower and help maintain the country\'s heavy security needs. The volunteer Border Guard are given special attention in sensitive places like Jerusalem where security threats are the highest and at times can double or even triple the manpower of full time security forces in a given area.
Many of these special Border Guard volunteers are Jewish immigrants that have immigrated to Israel from all over the world from places like Australia, America, South America, Puerto Rico, France, Russia, South Africa, England, Germany etc. [2]
The volunteer Border Guard members leave behind jobs & families on a regular basis in order to serve in this special combat unit. Some come from cities like Beit Shemesh, Ofrah, Ashkelon, Ra\'anana and even Haifa to serve in the Border Guard. The volunteers receive no pay for serving in the Border Guard units and serve in the Border Guard in their off work hours.
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