Elite Air Force unit breached underground facility 124 miles from Israel, laid explosives and escaped unscathed after 2.5 hours, in one of most complex ever operations in enemy territory

IDF's Shaldag unit dismantles Iranian missile factory in Syria, preventing the production of hundreds of long-range missiles in a high-stakes operation.

As four helicopters left an undisclosed Israeli airbase in the dead of night on September 8, the 100 elite commandos onboard braced themselves for a mission that would etch itself into the annals of Israeli military history.

Israel's military said on Thursday its special forces raided an underground missile production site in Syria in September that it said was primed to produce hundreds of precision missiles for use against Israel by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday unveiled video footage which showed the September 8 raid conducted by special forces on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arms facility used by Hezbollah forces in Syria.