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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 .
300th Territorial Brigade "Bar'am" – Western section of the Israel Lebanon border; 406th Territorial Brigade "Yoav" – Western section of the Egypt–Israel barrier; 417th Territorial Brigade – Jordan Valley sector; 421st Territorial Brigade "Ephraim" – Qalqilya sector; 426th Territorial Brigade "Etzion" – Bethlehem sector
Israelis viewed the surrender of Nitzanim as a humiliation, especially after the Givati Brigade published a leaflet denouncing the defenders. The residents of Nitzanim demanded a probe into the battle, and one was conducted by the General Staff , siding with the residents and coming to the conclusion that surrender was justified.
Tell es-Safi (Arabic: تل الصافي, romanized: Tall aṣ-Ṣāfī, "White hill"; Hebrew: תל צפית, Tel Tzafit) was an Arab Palestinian village, located on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur, 35 kilometers (22 mi) northwest of Hebron which had its Arab population expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war on orders of Shimon Avidan, commander of the Givati Brigade.
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 ...
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.
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 ...