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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"With me to Givati", "Any Place, Any Time, Any Mission", "The most combatant, Givati"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Purple berets, purple and white flag</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">"Mi She-Halam Givati" ("Those who dreamt Givati")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Mascot(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Fox</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" class="mw-redirect" title="1947–1949 Palestine war">1947–1949 Palestine war</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Operation_Nachshon" title="Operation Nachshon">Operation Nachshon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Yoav" title="Operation Yoav">Operation Yoav</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Intifada" title="First Intifada">First Intifada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Operation_Rainbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Rainbow">Operation Rainbow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Days_of_Penitence" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Days of Penitence">Operation Days of Penitence</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">2006 Lebanon War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Summer_Rains" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Summer Rains">Operation Summer Rains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hot_Winter" title="Operation Hot Winter">Operation Hot Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%9309)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza War (2008–09)">Gaza War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Protective_Edge" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Protective 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href="/wiki/Amos_Yarkoni" title="Amos Yarkoni">Amos Yarkoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ofer_Winter" title="Ofer Winter">Ofer Winter</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Flag</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_givati.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_givati.svg/150px-Flag_givati.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_givati.svg/225px-Flag_givati.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_givati.svg/300px-Flag_givati.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="270" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>84th "Givati" Brigade</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'"Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade"') is an <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Infantry_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Infantry Corps">infantry brigade</a> formed in 1947. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestine_war" title="1948 Palestine war">1948 war</a>, it was involved in <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" title="List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war">capturing Palestinian villages</a> in operations <a href="/wiki/Operation_Hametz" title="Operation Hametz"><i>Hametz</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barak" title="Operation Barak"><i>Barak</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pleshet" title="Operation Pleshet"><i>Pleshet</i></a>. </p><p>Before Israel's <a href="/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli disengagement from Gaza">2005 withdrawal from Gaza</a>, the Brigade was stationed within the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>. </p><p>Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets. The Brigade's symbol is the fox, alluding to <a href="/wiki/Shualei_Shimshon" class="mw-redirect" title="Shualei Shimshon">Shualei Shimshon</a> (שועלי שמשון, <i>lit.</i> "<a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a>'s Foxes"), a unit in the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/25px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/38px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/50px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="9398" data-file-height="12434" /></a></span> <b>84th Infantry Brigade "Givati"</b> <ul><li>424th Infantry Battalion "Shaked/<a href="/wiki/Almond" title="Almond">Almond</a>"</li> <li>432nd Infantry Battalion "Tzabar/<a href="/wiki/Cactus" title="Cactus">Cactus</a>"</li> <li>435th Infantry Battalion "Rotem/<a href="/wiki/Genisteae" title="Genisteae">Broom</a>" <ul><li>incl. Infantry Company "Tomer/<a href="/wiki/Date_palm" title="Date palm">Date</a>" – first observant <a href="/wiki/Haredi_Judaism" title="Haredi Judaism">Ultra-Orthodox</a>–only unit in the IDF</li></ul></li> <li>(846th) Patrol Battalion "Shualey shimshon/Samson's Foxes"</li> <li>8170th Combat Engineer Battalion "Gadhan" (Reserve)</li> <li>Logistics Battalion "Givati"</li> <li>Signals Company "Maor/<a href="/wiki/Myrrh" title="Myrrh">myrrh</a>"</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GivatiBrigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GivatiBrigade.svg/170px-GivatiBrigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GivatiBrigade.svg/255px-GivatiBrigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GivatiBrigade.svg/340px-GivatiBrigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the brigade in 1948</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/170px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/255px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg/340px-%D7%AA%D7%92_%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="9398" data-file-height="12434" /></a><figcaption>Givati Brigade insignia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg/220px-%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg/330px-%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/%22Rimon%22_Special_Operations_Unit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>"Rimon" (Pomegranate) special operations unit</figcaption></figure> <p>Givati was formed in December 1947 and placed under the command of <a href="/wiki/Shimon_Avidan" title="Shimon Avidan">Shimon Avidan</a>. At the start of the <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestine_war" title="1948 Palestine war">1948 Palestine war</a>, the brigade was charged with operations in the central region of Israel, participating in operations <a href="/wiki/Operation_Hametz" title="Operation Hametz"><i>Hametz</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barak" title="Operation Barak"><i>Barak</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pleshet" title="Operation Pleshet"><i>Pleshet</i></a>. During Operation Barak, the brigade perpetrated a massacre in the village of <a href="/wiki/Abu_Shusha" title="Abu Shusha">Abu Shusha</a>, killing around 60 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the war entered its <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">second stage</a>, Givati became the <b>5th Brigade</b>, was moved to the south, and concentrated mainly around <a href="/wiki/Gedera" title="Gedera">Gedera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gan_Yavne" title="Gan Yavne">Gan Yavne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Be%27er_Tuvia" title="Be'er Tuvia">Be'er Tuvia</a>. One battalion fought on the Jerusalem front, participating in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Nachshon" title="Operation Nachshon">Operation Nachshon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Latrun" class="mw-redirect" title="Battles of Latrun">Battles of Latrun</a>. </p><p>When Israel <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(Israel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of Independence (Israel)">declared independence</a>, Givati consisted of 5 battalions, with notable commanders such as <a href="/wiki/Jehuda_Wallach" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehuda Wallach">Jehuda Wallach</a> (51st Battalion), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ya%27akov_Perry_(Prolov)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ya'akov Perry (Prolov) (page does not exist)">Ya'akov Pri</a> (52nd Battalion), <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Pundak" title="Yitzhak Pundak">Yitzhak Pundak</a> (53rd Battalion), <a href="/wiki/Tzvi_Tzur" title="Tzvi Tzur">Tzvi Tzur</a> (54th Battalion) and <a href="/wiki/Eitan_Livni" title="Eitan Livni">Eitan Livni</a> (55th Battalion). A sixth battalion (the 57th) was founded on May 30, 1948 from <a href="/wiki/Irgun" title="Irgun">Irgun</a> veterans, in preparation for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pleshet" title="Operation Pleshet">Operation Pleshet</a>. The brigade or parts thereof subsequently participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nitzanim" title="Battle of Nitzanim">Battle of Nitzanim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_An-Far" title="Operation An-Far">Operation An-Far</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Yoav" title="Operation Yoav">Operation Yoav</a>, etc. It was converted into a reserve brigade in 1956 and its 51st "HaBokim HaRishonim" infantry battalion transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Golani_Brigade" title="Golani Brigade">Golani Brigade</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3></div> <p>Givati was reestablished as a mechanized infantry brigade and then proceeded on to amphibious warfare in 1983. At the time it was intended that the Brigade serve as <a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">marines</a>, but this has not been effected. In 1986 the brigade's purple beret was officially approved.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1999 it serves under Israel's <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Southern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Southern Command">Southern Command</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2003"><span id="2002.E2.80.932003"></span>2002–2003</h3></div> <p>The Givati Brigade served under the Southern Command and was deployed in the Gaza Strip. The brigade was awarded a medal of honor for its service in the Gaza Strip during the last two years of the <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Intifada" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Aqsa Intifada">Al-Aqsa Intifada</a>, when under the command of <a href="/wiki/Imad_Fares" title="Imad Fares">Imad Fares</a>. Under Fares' command, Givati carried out thousands of operations in the Gaza Strip. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004">2004</h3></div> <p>The brigade continued its operations in the Gaza Strip under the command of <a href="/wiki/Eyal_Eisenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyal Eisenberg">Eyal Eisenberg</a> and the new head of Southern Command, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Harel" title="Dan Harel">Dan Harel</a>. Givati's Recon Battalion, the <i>Dolev</i> <a href="/wiki/Combat_engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat engineering">combat engineering</a> platoon and the <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> scouts battalion, won a <i>recommendation of honor</i>, mainly for their activities against <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>'s tunnels. Givati forces, combined with a special combat engineering tunnels unit, and <a href="/wiki/IDF_Caterpillar_D9" title="IDF Caterpillar D9">IDF Caterpillar D9</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_bulldozer" class="mw-redirect" title="Armoured bulldozer">armoured bulldozers</a>, managed to suppress most of Rafah's tunnels. </p><p>On May 11 and May 12, 2004, two <a href="/wiki/Armored_personnel_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored personnel carrier">armored personnel carriers</a> of Givati's <i>Dolev</i> engineering battalion were destroyed by Palestinian militants. The two separate skirmishes, in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a>'s Zeitoun neighbourhood and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphi_Route" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphi Route">Philadelphi Route</a> near <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> border, claimed the lives of 11 soldiers. <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine">Islamic Jihad</a> militants captured some of the remains, causing outrage in Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following international pressure and further Israeli operations in Zeitoun, the bodies of soldiers were returned to Israel. </p><p>In the Zeitoun incident, <a href="/wiki/UNRWA" title="UNRWA">UNRWA</a> ambulances were used as transport by healthy Palestinian militants.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (March 2024)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a>, Israel's Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Shaul_Mofaz" title="Shaul Mofaz">Shaul Mofaz</a> also said that UNRWA's ambulances were used by Palestinian militants in order to bring some of the remains of IDF soldiers killed in Zaitoun neighbourhood in Gaza on May 11, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNRWA has described the May 11 incident as a hijacking.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg/250px-Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg/375px-Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg/500px-Givati_at_Western_Wall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Members of the Givati Brigade praying at the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a>, 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training,_Aug_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg/250px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg/375px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg/500px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training%2C_Aug_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The reconnaissance company of the Givati Brigade during an exercise, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>After two more soldiers were killed in <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rainbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Rainbow">Operation Rainbow</a>. This involved Givati forces reinforced by <a href="/wiki/Golani_Brigade" title="Golani Brigade">Golani Brigade</a> soldiers with <a href="/wiki/IDF_Achzarit" class="mw-redirect" title="IDF Achzarit">IDF Achzarit</a> HAPCs, a battalion of officers from the class-commanders school and several <a href="/wiki/IDF_Caterpillar_D9" title="IDF Caterpillar D9">IDF Caterpillar D9</a> <a href="/wiki/Armored_bulldozer" title="Armored bulldozer">armoured bulldozers</a>. The stated aim of Operation Rainbow was to destroy the terror infrastructure of Rafah, destroy <a href="/wiki/Smuggling_tunnels" class="mw-redirect" title="Smuggling tunnels">smuggling tunnels</a> and stop illegal missile shipment. </p><p>The brigade's <i>Shaked</i> battalion, under the command of a Lt. Col. "Ofer" (surname not publicized) was rocked by scandals in the second half of 2004 while stationed in the southern Gaza Strip. Two of the battalion's four company commanders were removed, although one was later exonerated. Captain "R", a <a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a> officer was tried for killing <a href="/wiki/Iman_al-Hams" class="mw-redirect" title="Iman al-Hams">Iman al-Hams</a>, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, in Rafah in October 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Captain "R" was acquitted of all charges by a military court.<sup id="cite_ref-compensation_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compensation-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another officer, Captain "N", was removed after Palestinian gunmen infiltrated the <a href="/wiki/Morag,_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Morag, Gaza">Morag</a> settlement and killed three soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in September 2004. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005">2005</h3></div> <p>On September 12, the Givati Brigade left the Gaza Strip as part of <a href="/wiki/Israel%27s_unilateral_disengagement_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel's unilateral disengagement plan">Israel's unilateral disengagement plan</a>, one month after the forceful removal of approximately 8,000 Jewish settlers living in 22 communities in the Strip. It marked an end to the 38 year IDF presence in the Gaza Strip. Today, two battalions are stationed outside the Strip, while the third battalion is positioned on the northern border. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3></div> <p>On June 27, in response to Hamas' kidnapping of Corporal <a href="/wiki/Gilad_Shalit" title="Gilad Shalit">Gilad Shalit</a>, the IDF started an offensive in the Gaza Strip to repel the continuous rockets being fired into the Israeli town outside of Gaza and to pressure Hamas to release Shalit. Givati, together with the Golani Brigade, Engineering Corps and the Armored Corps, participated in Operation "Summer Rains."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Israel failed to achieve the release of Shalit, and a November 26 ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian groups forced Israel to withdraw its forces. </p><p>Captain "R", the former Misayat Shaked company commander who was accused in "confirming kill" of 13-year-old Iman al-Hams in Rafah in October 2004, and was acquitted in court, received NIS 80,000 in compensation from the state, according to a December 14 Ha'aretz report.<sup id="cite_ref-compensation_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compensation-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Givati was the first brigade to receive the new <a href="/wiki/IMI_Tavor_TAR-21" class="mw-redirect" title="IMI Tavor TAR-21">IMI Tavor TAR-21</a> assault rifle, in August 2006. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Givati_basic_training.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Givati_basic_training.JPG/250px-Givati_basic_training.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Givati_basic_training.JPG/375px-Givati_basic_training.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Givati_basic_training.JPG/500px-Givati_basic_training.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Flagstaff at basic training base</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007">2007</h3></div> <p>As of 2007, the Givati brigade is organized into three main battalions: Shaked, Tzabar, and Rotem, in addition to associated <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Field_Intelligence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Field Intelligence Corps">reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Engineering_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Engineering Corps">engineering</a>, and other units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3></div> <p>The Givati Brigade participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Hot_Winter" title="Operation Hot Winter">Operation Hot Winter</a>. It also participated in the ground phase of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cast_Lead" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Cast Lead">Operation Cast Lead</a>, when of all IDF brigades, it penetrated deepest into Gaza City. The brigade's reconnaissance battalion entered the Tel el-Hawa neighborhood in search of <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> operatives two days before the cease fire went into effect. An estimated 40 Palestinian operatives were killed as dozens of apartments were swept. Hamas reportedly decided to fire the commander of the Gaza City Brigade after its forces fought against Givati.<sup id="cite_ref-A_necessary_operation_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_necessary_operation-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training,_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg/250px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg/375px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg/500px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Soldiers_Graduate_Combat_Training%2C_Pose_for_Group_Picture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Givati soldiers in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2012, the Givati Brigade participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pillar_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pillar of Defense">Operation Pillar of Defense</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014">2014</h3></div> <p>In the summer of 2014, the Givati Brigade participated in the Israeli offensive <a href="/wiki/Operation_Protective_Edge" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Protective Edge">Operation Protective Edge</a>. During a 72-hour ceasefire, elements of the brigade's reconnaissance company engaged in a brief skirmish with Hamas militants in the southern Gazan city of <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>, near the border with Egypt. Three soldiers, including the commander, Benaya Sarel, of the Givati Reconnaissance Company (<a href="/wiki/Sayeret" class="mw-redirect" title="Sayeret">Sayeret</a> Givati), were killed in the ensuing firefight subsequently dubbed <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Directive#Rafah_(2014)" title="Hannibal Directive">"Black Friday."</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was captured by Hamas militants and taken into a tunnel, and the assistant company commander took a small group of soldiers with him into the tunnel in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to rescue Goldin.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After learning of Goldin's capture, the IDF initiated the <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Directive" title="Hannibal Directive">Hannibal Directive</a> and carried out a relentless air and ground attack on residential areas of <a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 2015, a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> independent commission inquiry, as well as a joint report by <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forensic_Architecture" title="Forensic Architecture">Forensic Architecture</a>, found that Israel's indiscriminate violence against all human life on Black Friday amounted to war crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reports detail the massive Israeli bombardment that killed between 135 and 200 Palestinian civilians, including 75 children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The IDF Rabbinate later declared Goldin deceased for the purposes of Jewish burial and grieving rituals and buried the remains.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The assistant company commander was later awarded Israel's highest military honor, and the soldiers that accompanied him into the tunnel were also awarded military commendations. The Givati Brigade was the most highly decorated brigade in the IDF in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015">2015</h3></div> <p>In January 2015, a convoy belonging to the Tsabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade <a href="/wiki/January_2015_Shebaa_Farms_incident" title="January 2015 Shebaa Farms incident">was attacked</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shebaa_Farms" title="Shebaa Farms">Shebaa Farms</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022">2022</h3></div> <p>In November 2022, the Givati Brigade was involved in "a series of incidents" of alleged abuses towards civilians in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Within the space of a few weeks, Givati Brigade soldiers were accused of spitting at an Armenian Christian archbishop leading a pilgrimage (two soldiers were detained by police), beating Israeli human rights activists in Hebron (two soldiers were suspended), and assaulting a Palestinian man (three soldiers were suspended).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While IDF Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Aviv_Kohavi" title="Aviv Kohavi">Aviv Kohavi</a> contended that "Incidents such as these tarnish the unit in which the soldier serves, the IDF and the State of Israel," Israeli MK and national security minister-designate <a href="/wiki/Itamar_Ben-Gvir" title="Itamar Ben-Gvir">Itamar Ben-Gvir</a> urged the IDF to "think twice" about whether to punish the soldiers, questioning whether they had been "provoked" and contending that disciplining them "weakens the hands of the soldiers and does not strengthen them in the fight against terrorism".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah,_may_2024_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg/250px-Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg/375px-Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg/500px-Givati_Brigade_east_Rafah%2C_may_2024_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="794" /></a><figcaption>Givati Brigade in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza</a> in May 2024</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023">2023</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a></div><p>The Givati Brigade has lost 86 soldiers and commanders during the war, including on the October 7, 2023, onslaught.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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