Qassam naval commandos

Al-Qassam's naval commando units are based at many locations across the Gaza Strip.

 Background 
The starting salary of  a month is over five times the average salary in the Gaza Strip.

 History 
Hamas formed its naval unit in about 2010 after the Gaza War (2008–2009) to strengthen its efforts against Israel and help smuggle weapons into Gaza by sea. In July 2014, four divers emerged from the sea on  Beach armed with hand grenades and automatic weapons to mount an attack on a tank, but were killed by the IDF.

In October 2017, al-Qassam naval commandos were some of the 14 militants killed when one of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's tunnels collapsed.

 Gaza war 

In 2014 and 2023 they attacked Zikim military base, Bahad 4.

 Related pages 

 Nukhba (Al-Qassam)
 Redwan Force
 Shayetet 13, a special forces unit in the Israeli Navy
 Syrian Elite Forces

 References 

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