In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “acronym for special police unit”. Today it says “israel's national counter-terrorism unit”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
The YAMAM has a world-wide reputation as a professional and successful counter terrorism unit and it is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids (for use against terrorists ).1Besides counter-terrorism duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work.2
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Military unit The Yamam ( , an acronym for Special Police Unit (יחידת משטרתית מיוחדת, Yehidat Mishtartit Meuhedet )) is the elite civilian counter-terrorism unit in Israel .The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas. Besides military duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work.
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Military unit The Yamam ( , an acronym for Special Police Unit (יחידה משטרתית מיוחדת, Yeḥida Mishtartit Meyuḥedet )) is an Israeli counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police . The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas. Besides military duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Military unit The Yamam ( , an acronym for Centralized Special Unit ( , Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet ), also called Israel's Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) in English, is an Israeli counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police . The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas. Besides military duties, it also performs SWAT duties and undercover police work.
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Israel's National Counter-Terrorism Unit YAMAM ( , an acronym for Centralized Special Unit יחידה מרכזית מיוחדת , Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet ), also called in Hebrew היחידה המיוחדת ללוחמה בטרור and Israel's National Counter Terror Unit (I.N.C.T.U.) in English , is Israel 's national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police . The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against terrorist targets in civilian areas. Besides military and counter-terrorism duties, it also performs tactical unit duties and undercover police work.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli police counterterrorism unit Yamam ( Hebrew : יחידה מרכזית מיוחדת , romanized : Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet , lit. ' Centralized Special Unit ' ), also known as National Counter-Terrorism Unit , is Israel's national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police . The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against terrorist targets in civilian areas. Besides military and counter-terrorism duties, it also performs tactical unit duties and undercover police work.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “acronym for special police unit”. Today it says “israel's national counter-terrorism unit”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
acronym for special police unit
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israeli counter-terrorism unit
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