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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.
Three Israeli soldiers of the Givati Brigade's Shaked Battalion were killed and 12 others were injured in a Hamas attack in Jabalia, increasing the IDF death toll in Gaza to 386. [128] An Israeli air strike on a building in northern Gaza sheltering a displaced family from Beit Lahia and Jabalia killed 22 people including children, women and ...
Soldiers of all five brigades at the Western Wall - from left to right, Kfir Brigade, Golani Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, Givati Brigade, and Nahal Brigade The personal weapon of most IDF soldiers is the IWI Tavor X-95 "Micro-Tavor", and M4A1 assault rifle.
261st Infantry Brigade (IDF Officers' School Brigade) 226th Paratroopers Brigade "Nesher" 228th Infantry Brigade "Alon" 551st Paratroopers Brigade "Hetzei HaEsch" 646th Paratroopers Brigade "Schualey Marom" 855th Guard Brigade "Hashomer" [1] (formed December 2023) 5692th Infantry Brigade "Ari" 6050th Infantry Brigade "Daniel"
Operation An-Far (short for Anti-Farouk) was a military operation launched by Israel's Givati Brigade on the night of July 8–9 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.Its objectives were to gain control of approaches in southern Judea [1] and block the advance of the Egyptian army.
On the night of October 16–17, the Givati Brigade's 51st Battalion set out from Julis to capture the Junction. It moved in three separate prongs—the 2nd Company in the west, the 3rd in the center and the 4th in the east. Another force set out from Negba to intercept possible Egyptian reinforcements from Iraq Suwaydan. [9]
The brigade's forces also occupied Julis (May 27–28) in order to control a position from which further reinforcements to Negba could be provided. [4] On the day of the Egyptian attack on June 2, the Israeli forces in Negba numbered about 70 Givati Brigade soldiers and 70 village residents (including 10 women).
The Zeitoun killings refer to the Israeli military incursion, led by the Givati Brigade unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), [1] into the Zeitoun district of Gaza as part of the three-week 2008–09 Gaza War. In the Arab world, it is referred to as the Zeitoun District Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حي الزيتون). [2]