[citation needed] During the War of Attrition the unit's numbers grew and its squads were permanently deployed in other locations.

After the Yom Kippur War, a large part of the unit stayed at the naval base in Fanara, west of Bitter Lakes.

A squad of about ten people was at the naval base in Sharm el-Sheikh until the evacuation of Sinai Peninsula as part of Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

[2][3] The required medical profile for joining the unit is 72-97 and a special emphasis is put on ears and pressure comparison.

The qualifiers are then subjected to a two-day period including maritime training, a personal interview, a psychological and psychotechnical examination of the candidates, and more.

[citation needed] In the second part personnel learn professional diving, nitrox, activation of more complex measures under the surface of the water, rescue, detection and search, different command series, sabotage and bomb disposal.

[7] After the Six Day War, during the Israeli occupation of Sinai, a mine searching team of twelve personnel along with a journalist were dispatched to the Straits of Tiran on June 10, 1967, in two vessels but due to high currents the mission wasn't carried out when water calmed down the search began but no mines were found.

[8] On July 13, 1967, a squad of four unit personnel were dispatched to inspect oil production facilities in the Gulf of Suez and found them unharmed.

The unit along with Shayetet 13 raided the ferry at night and discovered it was operated via an underwater cable and was laden with 200 kg of explosives.

Next day the unit personnel scanned the ship's corridors, finding more bodies and removed equipment pieces so as not to let them into Egyptian hands.

[14] When Jordan saw the size of the raiding forces entering the battle it was led to the assumption that Israel had another goal of capturing Balqa Governorate to create a situation similar to the Golan Heights.

[15][16] Israel assumed that the Jordanian Army would ignore the invasion, but the latter fought alongside the Palestinians and opened heavy fire that inflicted losses upon the Israeli forces.

Seven soldiers of Unit 707 under the command of Nadav Sela participated in the operation along with multiple squads of Golani Brigade performing security, reinforcement, barricading and other duties.

The main task of planting the explosives was carried out by the unit and the canal system was successfully destroyed and wasn't repaired till the end of the War of Attrition.

[27][28] The operation went smoothly around 100-200 Egyptians were killed for only three Israeli casualties and after the end of the operation, the unit also played an important role in the evacuation of the force via Shayetet 11 vessels, one of these was stuck so unit 707 personnel moved it back into water by pushing it with an Armoured Personnel Carrier.

[29] During an Egyptian raid on Eilat on November 15, 1969, a civilian ship High South was damaged and was put close to shore to prevent its sinking.

[35] On June 11, 1970, the unit along with Shayetet 13 and Golani Brigade attacked Egyptian positions by crossing the Suez Canal.

A secondary force composed of Shayetet 13 and Unit 707 personnel raided militant positions a kilometer further north.

[citation needed] During the crossing of Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War a force from Unit 707 assisted the Engineering Corps.

They evacuated bodies of Egyptian soldiers stuck on bridges and assisted in rescuing tanks that had sunk into the water.

[43] After the Yom Kippur War, the commander of the Navy, General Binyamin Talem, decided to merge Unit 707 with the 13th Fleet .

[1] Similarly in the late 1980s, a militant attempted to infiltrate Rosh HaNkira, but was thwarted by a combined force of YALTAM and Shayetet 15.

[46] It was also a part of the task force to rescue a Shayetet 3 vessel off the coast of Saudi Arabia and the retrieval of a helicopter that had crashed 800m below sea level.