Israel’s elite naval divers train to retake oil rig without using firearms

Israel Navy’s elite Flotilla 13 carried out an exercise last month to retake an oil rig after terrorists managed to storm the installation and took hostages.

כלי שיט מדגם מורנה בשימוש שייטת 13
By דובר צה”ל (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

A key constrain for the commandos was to take over the rig without firing a shot as it may cause the rig to blow up due to inflammable gas surrounding the installation.

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