This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The Depth Corps (Hebrew: מפקדת העומק, lit.

[2] The Depth Corps was recreated as a major command out of a feeling that Israel's special forces were underutilized in the nation's conflicts, and out of a lack of a body coordinating their operations behind enemy lines.

[2] According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, it was also a means for Defense Minister Ehud Barak to realize his vision of having more special forces veterans in the IDF's General Staff.

[3] One of the primary missions for the new corps will be the special forces operations to prevent transfer of advanced weaponry of supplies to Groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

This may include new naval units and possibly a squadron of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft.