Harel Brigade

Harel Brigade
Harel Brigade
חטיבת הראל
	Brigade insignia
Active	1948–present
Country	Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Branch	Infantry
Type	Reserves
Size	Brigade
Part of	Armored Corps
Engagements	1948 Arab–Israeli War Battles of Latrun; Operation Harel; Operation Yevusi; Operation Maccabi; Operation Danny; Operation Ha-Har; Operation Horev; ; Suez Crisis; Six-Day War Battle of Radar Hill; Battle of Radar Hill; ; Yom Kippur War; 1982 Lebanon War; 2006 Lebanon War; Operation Protective Edge; Operation Swords of Iron Battle of Beit Hanoun; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Yitzhak Rabin; Joseph Tabenkin

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.

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