Elite undercover strike unit receives IDF Chief of Staff's Decoration of Honor
Watch: The 'Duvdevan' unit of the IDF Paratroopers Battalion was awarded the IDF Chief of Staff's Decoration of Honor on Sunday; the unit's main goals are to go into villages and towns in the West Bank and arrest terrorists before they carry out attacks.
The General Staff Committee on Decorations recommended the unit for the decoration in a move which was praised by the President of the Military Prosecutor's Office.
The committee said that "the Duvdevan unit has been leading the ongoing fight on the West Bank front of the IDF Central Command over the past year, and carried out many complicated missions. The unit has taken part in hundreds of complex combat missions, the goals of which were to arrest wanted terrorists, prevent terror attacks, and attack terrorist infrastructure."
They added that "an honorable mention should be awarded to the commanders and soldiers of the unit who have demonstrated devotion to maintaining their goals, bravery, striving for contact, and creativity in carrying out their tasks."
Fighters in the elite unit of the IDF Central Command – which was incorporated into the new commando unit along with Egoz and Rimon – developed new fighting methods to defend against the current wave of terror which have intensified the fight and brought the unit deep inside Palestinian territory.
Amongst the operations carried out by the unit was the operation to arrest the murderers of the Hankin couple next to Nablus, arresting the murderers of Malachi Rosenfeld, Danny Gonen and Dafna Meir. They were also involved in assassinating the members of the terror cell who killed Micky Mark.
