Israeli Naval commandos in the Red Sea, 1967-1973 * Details of top secret
missions revealed for the first time.
Flotilla 13 is the elite naval commando
unit of the Israeli Defence Forces that specialises in maritime hostage rescue
and counter-terrorist missions. To maintain secrecy, few of its missions have
been made public, but with this book, the unit’s commander, Rear Adm. Ze’ve
Almog, for the first time unveils the amazing story of Flotilla 13. He offers
details of many of the unit’s operations during the War of Attrition and the Yom
Kippur War (1968-1973), including the raids on the Adabiya coast post and the
Green Island fortress that resulted in heavy casualties, and the unit’s dramatic
sinking of two Egyptian torpedo boats in the Gulf of Suez.
The author
provides memorable first-person accounts of the unit’s complex and courageous
operations that destroyed or captured numerous Egyptian vessels in the Red Sea,
including the raid on the port of Hurgada, which forced the Egyptians to
evacuate. Along with the successes, Almog also candidly discusses his unit’s
despair following the losses at Green Island and threats to limit its
involvement in future operations, and he then describes how Flotilla 13 was
transformed into a unit of high morale and performance. First published in
Hebrew in 2007.
