Samson Unit

Unit 367
Badge of Samson Unit
Active	1986–1996
Country	Israel
Branch	Israeli Ground Forces
Type	Mista'arvim
Role	Special Reconnaissance Undercover Counterterrorism Counterterrorism
Size	~250
Garrison/HQ	Nuria Military Base

Unit 367, Samson Unit, or Shimshon (שמשון‎), was a special forces unit within the Israeli Defense Forces named after the biblical figure Samson.

History

Shimshon unit's modus operandi focused on undercover military operations against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.^[1][2]

Shimshon was disbanded in 1996 following the Oslo Accords. The Samson Unit had a "sister unit" Duvdevan, which operated in the West Bank.

Samson Unit's roles are believed to have included:

• Intelligence collection in the battlespace on an ongoing basis, as means to continuously know the area, and as preparation for upcoming operations. Samson reportedly gathered intelligence for its and other units’ operations.
• Counter-terrorism operations in the Gaza Strip, which included psychological warfare and the arrest of key enemy combatants

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Samson

Cultural
depictions

Art	Samson Slaying a Philistine (Giambologna, c. 1562) Samson and Delilah (Rubens, c. 1609–10) Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, 1620) Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, 1630) Samson and Delilah (Rembrandt, 1630) Samson Threatening His Father-In-Law (Rembrandt, 1635) The Blinding of Samson (Rembrandt, 1636) The Wedding Feast of Samson (Rembrandt, 1638) Samson Mocked (Steen, c. 1670)
Comics	Doc Samson Mighty Samson Samson
Film	Samson (1914) Samson and Delilah (1922) Samson and Delilah (1949) Aurat (1953) Samson (1961) Gideon and Samson: Great Leaders of the Bible (1965) Samson and Delilah (1984) Aaj Ka Samson (1991) Samson and Delilah (1996) Samson (2018)
Literature	Book of Judges 13–16 Samson Agonistes (Milton)
Music	Samson (Handel) Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns) "Samson and Delilah" (traditional song) "Sam and Delilah" (Gershwin) "Samson" (Emly Starr) "Delilah" (The Dresden Dolls) "Samson" (Regina Spektor)
Television	Samson & Goliath

Other

• Bedan
• Delilah
• Manoah
• Manoah's wife
• Hazzelelponi
• Samson's riddle
• Rabbinic literature
• Rock of Etam
• Samson Option (book)
• Samson Unit
• Samson coat of arms
• Crane
• The Modern Samson

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