“In distress you called, and I rescued you” (Psalms 81:4)
Over the years, in a variety of situations both in Israel and abroad, Home Front Command forces have been called on to fulfill their mission, the mission for which the command was created: to save lives.
The National Search and Rescue Unit, the search and rescue teams at the Search and Rescue Training School, and lately also the regular rescue units of the Home Front Command, have traveled, by land and by air, to every location they were needed, in order to rescue as many people as possible who have been trapped under rubble.
These are some of the better known search and rescue operations over the years: