page_title: Yamam
section_title: Operational record during the Second Intifada
hierarchical_section_title: Yamam / History / Operational record during the Second Intifada
caption_attribution_description: עברית: לוחמי הימ"מ של משמר הגבול פעלו הלילה ברמאללה עם כוח צה"ל והשב"כ, על מנת לעצור מבוקש פעיל טרור. עם כניסת הכוח למקום המעצר, פתח מחבל בירי לעבר הלוחמים. במקום התפתחו חילופי אש והמחבל נהרג. לא היו נפגעים לכוחותינו. בבית המחבל נתפסו נשקים מסוג M-16 וקרלו. בהמשך התפתחו במקום הפרות סדר, שכללו זריקות אבנים לעבר הכוח. הלוחמים הגיבו בירי ממנו נפצעו שניים בפלג גופם התחתון ופונו לקבלת טיפול רפואי. המחבל הוא באסל אל ארג (31), שעמד בראש חוליית טרור שתכננה לבצע פיגועים נגד יעדים ישראלים. English: YAMAM - Israeli Counter-Terrorism unit - in a raid on Palestinian terrorists in Ramallah, March 2017
context_page_description: The Yamam in English, is an Israeli counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police. 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.
context_section_description: During the Second Intifada, under the Shin Bet's command, Yamam forces intercepted many militants, either by arresting them or killing them. Several high-profile militants were killed by Yamam operators. Often, when the wanted Palestinian militants were barricaded inside a building, Yamam forces laid siege to it while IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers forced them out by razing the structure. According to the records, YAMAM killed 179 terrorists during 2000-2005, 50 of them were suicide bombers, and arrested hundreds more.
caption: YAMAM operators during a take-over raid over a terrorist in Ramallah. The terrorist opened fire on the operators and they returned fire and shot him dead (2017).
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