Harel Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת הראל, Hativat Harel) is a reserve brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, today part of the Southern Command. It played a critical role in the 1948 Palestine war. It is one of the former divisions of the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah, that remains in the Israeli Defense Forces.
HarelBrigade (Hebrew: חטיבת הראל, Hativat Harel) is a reserve brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, today part of the Southern Command. It played a critical...
during the war along with the HarelBrigade. Its first commander was Yisrael Amir, who was replaced by David Shaltiel. The brigade participated in operations...
on or prior to 12 November, and it released a video showing the IDF HarelBrigade operating south of Beit Hanoun. Hamas fighters are continuing to attack...
songwriter and stage actor Harel Skaat (born 1981), Israeli singer Harel Srugo, Israeli tennis player HarelBrigade, Israeli army brigade. One of four formed...
eventually serving as commander of the famous HaPortzim Battalion of the HarelBrigade. Elazar remained in the army after the war, transferring to the armored...
the brigade moved to capture the Arab villages Malha and Ein Karim, with the support of LEHI and Irgun, aiming to link up with the HarelBrigade and capture...
road," following which participating units later broke off to form the HarelBrigade. Following attempts to take control of the road to Jerusalem were unsuccessful...
of the Temple. During the 1948 war, Mount Zion was conquered by the HarelBrigade on May 18, 1948, and became the only part of the Old City to stay in...
Operation Maccabi. On 14 May and the following days, the Etzioni and Harelbrigades, supported by Irgun troops, launched several operations that aimed to...
finally captured in the Six-Day War by the HarelBrigade. A monument for the fallen soldiers of the brigade with Bible citation from 2 Samuel 1:19 stands...
reorganised into three IDF brigades—the Negev Brigade, the Yiftach Brigade, and the HarelBrigade. The Negev and Yiftah Brigades fought in the Negev against...
mid April the Jewish leadership halted Operation Harel near Jerusalem and ordered the HarelBrigade to deploy in the city and conduct Operation Yevusi...
coincided with Operation ha-Har, 18–24 October, in which the Harel and Etzioni Brigades attacked Egyptian controlled villages along the Jerusalem Corridor...
Negev. During the beginning of the war he was the commander of the HarelBrigade, which fought on the road to Jerusalem from the coastal plain, including...
brigades: The 8th Armoured Brigade, commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh; the Negev Brigade; the Golani Brigade; the HarelBrigade; and the Alexandroni Brigade...
commanded the 800-strong Etzioni Brigade during the ill-fated Operation Yeqev, in which the objectives were to join the HarelBrigade in the capture of the mountain...
the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948, by the HarelBrigade of Operation Makkabi. It was located 9 km west of Jerusalem. A large...
remained in the trenches due to sniper fire from Givat HaMivtar until the HarelBrigade overran that outpost in the afternoon. 36 Israeli soldiers and 71 Jordanians...
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