Very little is known about the unit, only that the force performs top secret operations behind enemy lines, deep within hostile territory. The
IDF keeps Maglan's designated missions a secret and gives no information about it or the operations in which the unit takes part. The secretive unit has clocked-up countless hours of high-risk operations conducted well behind enemy lines—most of which have never been declassified.
Operation Beach Boys, later on in the war, saw the unit embedded along the western coastal strip of
Lebanon where they destroyed 150
Hezbollah targets, forty of which were rocket launchers. Maglan oversaw the destruction of command sites, trucks, caches of ammunition and infrastructure. Their activities reduced rocket fire on Israel's northern towns by about 40%. It was awarded a Chiefs of Staff Citation for its activities in Operation Protective Edge in 2015. On July 12, 2018, Maglan
snipers won the IDF International Sniping Competition, overcoming units such as
Sayeret Matkal, the
US Navy SEALs and
US Army Sniper School. On August 2, 2020 the unit ambushed and killed four militants in southern
Golan Heights while the latter were deploying
IEDs at the security fence. During the
October 7 attacks, the unit was involved in the
Battle of Zikim, according to a video posted to social media by the IDF. The unit lost 14 soldiers in the first few days of the attacks, being among the first units to respond to Hamas attacks. During the IDF's ground maneuver in the Gaza Strip during the "Iron Swords" War, the unit engaged in battles in the northern part of the Strip. The unit's fighters destroyed terrorist targets and eliminated terrorists using various means, including Gil missiles and "Steel Sting" mortars. Maglan fighters, along with the Nahal and Givati task forces, operated to capture the Al-Shati camp in the western part of Gaza City. Brigade fighters operated in the northern part of the camp to locate Shati Battalion operatives and destroy its infrastructure. The brigade forces raided buildings deep within the camp and destroyed numerous enemy infrastructures. Additionally, they conducted a raid to clear the school area where anti-tank missile launch positions, a large quantity of weapons, and terrorist infrastructure were found. During the Maglan unit operations in the Al-Shati area, the fighters located and destroyed targets such as observation posts, terrorist infrastructures, most of which were within civilian areas, anti-tank missile launchers, and anti-tank squads. According to the IDF spokesperson, during the operation, the fighters eliminated many terrorists in encounters. ==Training==