Hostage Rescue Force (Arabic: قوة إنقاذ الرهائن )(also known as Unit 333) is Egypt's premier domestic

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or el ...

and

hostage A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized, such as a relative, employer, law enforcement or government to act, or ref ...

rescue unit. It is subordinate to the National Security Directorate of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior.

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