Editing Sapper (section)

=== Israel ===
{{Main|Israeli Combat Engineering Corps}}

In the [[Israel Defense Forces]] a sapper (in [[Hebrew]]: פלס, ''palas'') is the military profession of a combat soldier who went through basic [[combat engineering]] training. Most of the sappers are soldiers of the [[Combat Engineering Corps]], but there are also infantry sappers, who are part of the [[infantry]] [[brigade]]s and are organized in engineering [[Company (military unit)|companies]] called פלחה"ן (''palchan''). These companies are integral part of the infantry brigades. Combat engineering corps sappers are arranged in battalions.

Each sapper goes through high level infantry training, which qualifies him as [[Rifleman|rifleman 06]] (רובאי 06). Combat engineering sappers are qualified as "sapper 06" (פלס 06). They are skilled in [[infantry]] combat, basic [[sabotage]], [[landmine]] planting and [[demining]], use of [[explosives]], breaching and opening routes, [[trench warfare]], and operating the [[IDF Puma]] [[combat engineering vehicle]]. Combat engineering commanders are qualified as "sapper 08" while combat engineering [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]s are qualified as "sapper 11". Both go through additional advance training to gain the skills needed for high level sapper profession.

The [[Israel Police]] also maintains a bomb disposal specialist unit. All police sappers must graduate from a 10-month training program at the bomb disposal training center in [[Beit Shemesh]], which includes operational exercises, theoretical studies, and fieldwork.<ref>{{cite news | first=Omri | last=Efraim | url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4125018,00.html | title=Israel Police get 1st female sapper | newspaper=Israel News | date=20 September 2011 | access-date=12 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100347/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4125018,00.html | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref>