Carmeli Brigade

Carmeli Brigade
Carmeli Brigade
	Insignia of Carmeli Brigade
Active	1948 - present
Country	Israel
Branch	Israeli Ground Forces
Type	Reserve
Role	Infantry Brigade
Part of	Northern Command
Engagements	Sinai War; Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; First Lebanon War; Second Lebanon War; Israel-Hamas War;
Commanders
Current; commander	Omri Rosencrantz
Inaugural commander	Moshe Carmel

2nd "Carmeli" Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת כרמלי, Hativat Carmeli, former 165th Brigade) is a reserve infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, part of the Northern Command. Today the brigade consists of four battalions, including one reconnaissance battalion. The brigade is made up of soldiers who have completed their mandatory service in the 13th (Gideon) Battalion of the Golani Brigade.

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