Its primary mission is to manage and control extreme situations in military prisons where terrorists are detained.

[1] Initially, Force 100 was subordinate to the command of the prison facility where it was stationed while remaining professionally under the jurisdiction of the Military Police Corps.

[2] Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Force 100 was reactivated under the Israeli Southern Command.

In the first three months of the war against the Hamas terror group, that began on October 7, 2023, ten Duvdevan operators have been killed in combat including 3 from Unit 100.

These elite commandos are a secretive group and cannot show their faces to the media or wear any insignia in public.