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The 84th "Givati" Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי, lit. '"Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade"') is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade formed in 1947. During the 1948 war , it was involved in capturing Palestinian villages in operations Hametz , Barak , and Pleshet .
The Givati Brigade's forces would deploy from Jaladiyya, the Yiftach Brigade's—from Gat, and the Negev Brigade's—from Bror Hayil. [6] Givati's 53rd Battalion would capture Iraq al-Manshiyya, and Yiftach's forces, under the umbrella command of its 1st Battalion, would take Fallujah. They would meet to the south of the villages with Negev's ...
As mentioned, the Yiftach Brigade failed to capture Huleiqat and its outlying position (Hill 138.5) on October 17–18. Givati, on the other hand, succeeded in capturing Kawkaba to the north, and on October 18–19—the adjacent Bayt Tima. No further attempts were made to attack Huleiqat from the south, and instead Givati set out to capture it ...
The Givati Brigade (on the west side) and Harel Brigade (on the east side) were engaged in fighting, notably in the Latrun area. [11] [13] Between 9–11 May, a battalion of the Harel brigade attacked and took the village of Bayt Mahsir, used by Palestinians as a base for the control of Bab al-Wad. The "Sha'ar HaGai" battalion of the Harel ...
The Iraq Suwaydan bombardment, 9 November 1948. Negev brigade. The Israeli forces consisted of three infantry brigades, the Negev Brigade, the Givati Brigade under the command of Abraham "Kiki" Elkin, and the Yiftach Brigade, an armored battalion from the 8th Armored Brigade and the largest artillery formation that had been available to the IDF at the time.
Aluf-Mishne (Colonel) Imad Fares, Druze officer, commander of Givati Brigade (2001–2003) Amos Yarkoni, the first commander of the Shaked Reconnaissance Battalion of the Givati Brigade, and one of six Israeli Arabs to be awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service; Meir Har-Zion, Unit 101 commando raider
The Givati Brigade culture officer, Abba Kovner, renamed the structure to Fort Yoav (Hebrew: מְצוּדַת יוֹאָב), after Yitzhak "Yoav" Dubno, who was killed in action in Negba on 21 May 1948. The fort became an Israeli military base [12] and the Givati Museum was opened there in the 1980s.
The 2nd or Carmeli Brigade – was deployed in the north and took its name after its commander, Moshe Carmel; The 3rd or Alexandroni Brigade – headquartered in Netanya, it covered the area from Tel Aviv to Zichron Ya'akov [36] [37] The 4th or Kiryati Brigade – formed in 1948 in the Tel Aviv area; The 5th or Givati Brigade – formed in ...