A glimpse into the special unit fighting crime organizations in the north | Special documentation

i24NEWS crime desk head Li Ayyash joined an operational activity of the Asher District YASAM, which raided a criminal compound in the middle of a wedding and located a suspect. The unit commander, Chief Inspector Elior Shlomo, describes the complexity of operating in a sector that includes dirt roads used for smuggling drugs and weapons, and the effort to prevent murders and blood feuds that have claimed dozens of victims.

i24NEWS crime desk head Li Ayyash joined an operational activity of the Asher District YASAM fighters, the special unit of the Israel Police that fights crime organizations in the north. The report documents a raid on a criminal compound in the middle of a wedding, during which the fighters located a suspect in an inner room. The unit commander, Chief Inspector Elior Shlomo, describes the dissonance of operating alongside normal life events, and the complexity of a sector that includes dirt roads used for smuggling drugs and weapons, at the center of a blood feud that has claimed dozens of victims. According to him, the presence in the field prevents murders, weapons transfers, and drug deals. The report also presents the story of motorcycle team commander Saif Suleiman, whose leg was amputated during an operational surveillance, who rehabilitated and returned to the field. The unit draws strength from the memory of the fallen, foremost among them the commander's brother, Yamam team commander Mashael Shlomo, who fell on October 7 in the battle at the Sha'ar HaNegev junction.