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January 7, 2025

The IDF’s Canine Heroes

Unleashing the dogs of war.

When U.S. troops caught up with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of Islamic State, in a Syrian tunnel, they were able to pursue him successfully with the help of a trained dog, which survived when Baghdadi detonate himself. The IDF, fighting an enemy with a far more sophisticated network of tunnels, has relied extensively on its canine unit, Oketz (“sting,” in Hebrew). John Spencer, a leading expert on urban warfare, explains what the American military can learn from Oketz’s accomplishments:

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