section_path: Operational history/Israel
section_name: Israel
paragraph_text: Israel
  
  The Israeli Air Force (IAF) received 10 surplus UH-60A Black Hawks from the U.S. in August 1994. Named Yanshuf (English: Owl) by the IAF, the UH-60A began replacing Bell 212 utility helicopters. The IAF first used the UH-60s in combat during 1996 in southern Lebanon in Operation Grapes of Wrath against Hezbollah.