The Israel Post’s Philatelic Service has launched a new stamp to mark the 30th birthday of the Yahalom unit, the elite arm of the Israel Defense Forces’ Combat Engineering Corps.

Yahalom (diamond), a Hebrew acronym for “engineering unit for special tasks,” was established in 1995 through a merger of the IDF’s bomb disposal unit and Yael reconnaissance squadron. It has served a particularly prominent role during the past two wars in Gaza: 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, and the war sparked by the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of southern Israel.

Since the morning of October 7, when Hamas terrorists overran the Gaza border, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 251 to the Gaza Strip (all of whom have since been returned, alive or dead), Yahalom has seen action in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, locating and destroying underground tunnels, helping to rescue hostages, and handling dangerous weapons and ammunition.

The unit’s role includes special........

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