In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “counter-terrorism special forces”. Today it says “known as unit 707 or the counter-terror school”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces Not to be confused with Yamam or LOTAR Eilat . Adam Base) The LOTAR Unit ( Hebrew : יחידת הלוט"ר ) stands for: Lo chama Be' T e r ror ( לו חמה ב טר ור), meaning "Combating Terrorism." It is also known as Unit 707 or The Counter-Terror School . It is tasked primarily with training other IDF units in the areas of anti-irregular military in insurgency areas, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management , tactical intelligence gathering , the use of sniper rifles , and various small-scale and short-range warfare scenarios. It also, to a lesser degree, performs these tasks itself. Furthermore the unit has taken on several other responsibilities including the theories of camouflage, the training of special soldiers called "monkeys" (trained in climbing and rappelling), and several other training scenarios. Meanwhile if really necessary unit's personnel must carry out military special operations according to assigned missions. Most of them focus on commando style raids, counterterrorism, covert operation, hostage rescue (if necessary), irrgular warfare, tactical intelligence gathering, and tracking high-value targets. The LOTAR School is housed inside of Mitkan Adam ( Hebrew : מתקן אדם , lit. ' Adam Base ' ), alongside the Oketz Unit and the Oz Brigade , southeast of Tel Aviv within the Hevel Modi'in Regional Council .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Special forces unit of the Israel Defense Forces Not to be confused with Yamam or LOTAR Eilat . Adam Base) The LOTAR Unit, ( ), is a counter-terrorism special forces (sayeret) unit within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) (also known as Unit 707or The Counter-Terror School.) The name is an abbreviation of the . It is tasked primarily with training other IDF units in the areas of counter-terrorism , the use of sniper rifles , and various small-scale and short-range warfare scenarios. The unit has also taken on several other responsibilities including the theories of camouflage , the training of special soldiers called "monkeys" (trained in climbing and rappelling), and several other training scenarios. The LOTAR School is housed inside of Mitkan Adam ( ), alongside the Oketz Unit and the Oz Brigade , southeast of Tel Aviv within the Hevel Modi'in Regional Council .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “counter-terrorism special forces”. Today it says “known as unit 707 or the counter-terror school”. Read the current article and compare.
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counter-terrorism special forces
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known as unit 707 or the counter-terror school
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