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Samson Unit , or Shimshon ( ) was a special forces unit within the Israeli Defense Forces .1Named after the biblical figure who lived in the same vicinity.2Shimshon unit’s modus operandi focused on under cover military operations against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip .3Shimshon was disbanded in 1995 following the Oslo Accords , when senior military and political leaders welcomed the long-awaited peace with their Palestinian neighbors.4The Samson Unit had a “sister unit” Duvdevan , which operated in Judea and Samaria .5
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Military unit Samson Unit , or Shimshon ( ), was a special forces unit within the Israeli Defense Forces named after the biblical figure Samson . Shimshon unit's modus operandi focused on undercover military operations against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip . Shimshon was disbanded in 1995 following the Oslo Accords . The Samson Unit had a "sister unit" Duvdevan , which operated in the West Bank .
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Military unit Samson Unit , or Shimshon ( ), was a special forces unit within the Israeli Defense Forces named after the biblical figure Samson . Shimshon unit's modus operandi focused on undercover military operations against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip . Shimshon was disbanded in 1996 following the Oslo Accords . The Samson Unit had a "sister unit" Duvdevan , which operated in the West Bank .
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Military unit Unit 367 , Samson Unit , or Shimshon ( שמשון ), was a special forces unit within the Israeli Defense Forces named after the biblical figure Samson .
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special forces unit within the israeli defense forces
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special forces unit within the israeli defense forces named after the biblical figure samson
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