Israeli army canines work as four-legged scouts, securing buildings and even taking out Hamas terrorists
NY Post
They are Israel’s dogs of war.
The army’s canine unit is helping to map out Palestinian buildings before troops move in — and even take out hiding terrorists — while wearing bodycams and climbing through holes too small for humans, newly released video shows.
Israel’s Oketz Unit, the military’s canine special forces, is dispatching its four-legged soldiers “in a large number of cases” to try to help save lives, the Times of Israel said in a report Sunday.
“The dogs have located threats, mapped out buildings and discovered weapons,” Times of Israel correspondent Emanuel Fabian said on X.
A canine named Toy was sent into a building in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood and discovered a passage between a building where IDF troops were stationed and a separate building where a Hamas gunman lay in wait, the outlet reported.
In another close call, a military canine named Patrick was deployed with the 460th Armored Brigade in Jabaliya and was sent in to scout out a building before the troops moved inside.
