However, in order to join Oketz, the recruit must choose the Kfir Infantry Brigade as their preferred choice in the request form and then pass the unit's trials.

In Operation Blue and Brown (Kachol Ve’hum) in Lebanon, 1986 such a dog was used in the failed attempt to assassinate Ahmed Jibril.

"[3] According to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in June 2024—after video appeared of a 60-year-old woman in her home in the Jabalia refugee camp being mauled by dogs—the Israeli military was using dogs systematically to attack Palestinian civilians.

[4] In July 2024, Mohammad Bhar, a 24-year-old Palestinian man with down syndrome and autism was mauled by dogs in his family home and left to die by Israeli soldiers.

The reasons for this preference are twofold: one, the Malinois is large enough to effectively attack an enemy while still being small enough to be picked up by its handler, and two, their coats are short and typically of a neutral to fair color, making them less prone to heatstroke.