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This is a list of brigades in the Israel Defense Forces.

Active brigades

Active infantry brigades

Active armored brigades

7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan"
188th Armored Brigade "Barak"
401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot ha-Barzel"
460th Armored Brigade "Bnei Or" (Armored Training)

Active artillery brigades

214th Artillery Brigade "David's Sling"
215th Artillery Brigade "Amud HaEsh"
282nd Artillery Brigade "Golan"
425th Artillery Brigade (Field Artillery School)

Active territorial brigades

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
431st Territorial Brigade "Menashe" – Jenin and Tulkarm sectors
434th Territorial Brigade "Yehuda" – Hebron sector
442nd Territorial Brigade "Samaria" – Nablus sector
443rd Territorial Brigade "Benjamin" – Ramallah sector and Road 443
474th Territorial Brigade "Golan" – Golan Heights sector
512th Territorial Brigade "Paran" – Eastern section of the Egypt–Israel barrier
769th Territorial Brigade "Hiram" – Eastern section of the Israel Lebanon border
810th Mountain Brigade – Mount Hermon sector
6643rd Territorial Brigade "Katif" – Southern section of the Gaza–Israel barrier
7643rd Territorial Brigade "Gefen" – Northern section of the Gaza–Israel barrier

Reserve brigades

Reserve infantry brigades

2nd Infantry Brigade "Carmeli"
3rd Infantry Brigade "Alexandroni"
5th Infantry Brigade "HaSharon"
6th Infantry Brigade "Etzioni"
9th Infantry Brigade "Oded"
11th Infantry Brigade "Yiftach"
12th Infantry Brigade "Negev"
16th Infantry Brigade "Jerusalem"
55th Paratroopers Brigade "Hod Ha-Hanit"
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" (formed December 2023)
5692th Infantry Brigade "Ari"
6050th Infantry Brigade "Daniel"

Reserve armored brigades

Reserve artillery brigades

209th Artillery Brigade "Kidon"
213th Artillery Brigade "HaTkuma"
454th Artillery Brigade "Tabor"
7338th Artillery Brigade "Adirim"

Former brigades

Jewish Brigade 1944 – 1946
500th Brigade "Kfir Formation" 1972 – 2003
600th Brigade 1971 – 2014

IDF Brigade Insignia

1st Golani Brigade
2nd Carmeli Brigade later renamed 188th Brigade
3rd Alexandroni Brigade
4th Kiryati Brigade
5th Givati Brigade in 1948
6th "Jerusalem" Etzioni Brigade
7th Armored Brigade (Israel)
8th Armored Brigade (Israel)
9th Oded Brigade
10th "Harel" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
11th Yiftach Brigade
12th Negev Brigade
14th "Machatz/Bison" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
35th Paratrooper Brigade
35th Paratrooper Brigade
37th "Ram" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
55th Paratrooper Brigade {Formerly 247th Brigade]
84th Givati Brigade
89th Oz Brigade
130th Brigade
188th Armored Brigade
205th "Iron Fist" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
214th Artillery Brigade
263rd "Merkavot ha-Esh/Chariots of Fire" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
270th Arava Brigade
292th Armor Brigade
401st Brigade
Arava Territorial Brigade 416 (270 today) old tag
421st Brigade
421st Efraim Brigade
426st Etzion Brigade
434th Judea and Samaria Brigade
460st Brigade
474th Golan Brigade
500th Armored Brigade
600th Brigade
646th Paratrooper Brigade
828th Bislamach Brigade
847th "Chariots of Steel" (Reserve) Armor Brigade
Paran Brigade

Division insignia

36th " Ga'ash Formation ("Rage") Armor Division
80th "Edom" Division
91st "Gailee Formation" Division
98th "Fire Formation" Paratroop Division
143d "Fire Fox" "Gaza" Division
162d "Steel" Armor Division
210th "Bashan" Division
252d "Sinai" Armor" Division
340th "IDan" Armor Division
877th Judea and Samaria Division

References

"A new reserve brigade is being established in the IDF". Israeli Defense Forces. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

External links

IDF Ground Forces Order of Battle at Globalsecurity.org
at The jpost.com