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{{Short description|Israeli military infantry brigade}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = 84th "Givati" Brigade
| image                         = תג חטיבת גבעתי.svg
| image_size                    = 150px
| caption                       = Brigade patch
| country                       = {{flag|Israel}}
| type                          = [[Infantry]]
| branch                        = {{Armed forces|Israel}}
| dates                         = 1947–1948, 1982–present
| command_structure             = [[162nd Division (Israel)|162nd Armor Division]],<br /> [[Israeli Southern Command]]
| current_commander             = [[Colonel]] Liron Betiteo
| motto                         = "With me to Givati", "Any Place, Any Time, Any Mission", "The most combatant, Givati"
| colors                        = Purple berets, purple and white flag
| march                         = "Mi She-Halam Givati" ("Those who dreamt Givati")
| mascot                        = Fox
| battles                       = * [[1947–1949 Palestine war]] <small>([[Operation Nachshon]], [[Operation Yoav]])</small>
* [[First Intifada]]
* [[Second Intifada]] <small>([[Operation Rainbow]], [[Operation Days of Penitence]])</small>
* [[2006 Lebanon War]]
* [[Operation Summer Rains]]
* [[Operation Hot Winter]]
* [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]]
* [[Operation Protective Edge]]
* [[Gaza war]] <small>([[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Invasion of the Gaza Strip]])</small>
| notable_commanders            = [[Effi Eitam]], [[Imad Fares]], [[Amos Yarkoni]], [[Ofer Winter]]
| native_name                   = {{lang|he|חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי}}
| identification_symbol         = [[File:Flag givati.svg|150px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Flag
}}
The '''"Givati" Brigade''' ({{langx|he|חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי||"Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade"}}) is the name of two [[Israel Defense Forces]] brigades: the 5th Brigade, an [[Israeli Infantry Corps|infantry brigade]] formed in 1947; and the 84th Brigade, an infantry brigade formed in 1983.

During the [[1948 Palestine war|1948 war]], the 5th Brigade was involved in [[List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war|capturing Palestinian villages]] in operations [[Operation Hametz|''Hametz'']], [[Operation Barak|''Barak'']], and [[Operation Pleshet|''Pleshet'']].

Before Israel's [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza|2005 withdrawal from Gaza]], the 84th Brigade was stationed within the [[Gaza Strip]].

84th Brigade soldiers are designated by purple berets. The Brigade's symbol is the fox, alluding to [[Shualei Shimshon]] (שועלי שמשון, ''lit.'' "[[Samson]]'s Foxes"), a unit in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].

== Units of the 84th Brigade ==
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* [[File:תג חטיבת גבעתי.svg|25px]] '''84th Infantry Brigade "Givati"'''
** 424th Infantry Battalion "Shaked/[[Almond]]"
** 432nd Infantry Battalion "Tzabar/[[Cactus]]"
** 435th Infantry Battalion "Rotem/[[Genisteae|Broom]]"
*** incl. Infantry Company "Tomer/[[Date palm|Date]]" – first observant [[Haredi Judaism|Ultra-Orthodox]]–only unit in the IDF
** (846th) Patrol Battalion "Shualey Shimshon/[[Samson's Foxes]]"
** 607th Combat Engineering Battalion
** 5084th Logistics Battalion
** 7497th Signals Company "Maor/[[myrrh]]"
{{tree list/end}}

==History==
[[File:GivatiBrigade.svg|thumb|right|upright|Emblem of the brigade in 1948]]
[[File:תג חטיבת גבעתי.svg|thumb|right|upright|Givati Brigade insignia]]
[[File:"Rimon" Special Operations Unit.jpg|thumbnail|right|"Rimon" (Pomegranate) special operations unit]]
Givati was formed in December 1947 and placed under the command of [[Shimon Avidan]]. At the start of the [[1948 Palestine war]], the brigade was charged with operations in the central region of Israel, participating in operations [[Operation Hametz|''Hametz'']], [[Operation Barak|''Barak'']] and [[Operation Pleshet|''Pleshet'']]. During Operation Barak, the brigade perpetrated a massacre in the village of [[Abu Shusha]], killing around 60 residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birzeit.edu/ourvoice/history/jan99/destvil.html |title=Abu Shusha - The Massacre |publisher=Birzeit University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205170448/http://www.birzeit.edu/ourvoice/history/jan99/destvil.html |archive-date=2003-12-05 }}<!-- alt link: [https://web.archive.org/web/20031205122555/http://www.birzeit.edu/crdps/susmasc.html] --></ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Ghanim, Honaida |editor=Rouhana, N. N. |editor2=Sabbagh-Khoury, A. |date=2011 |chapter=The Nakba |title=The Palestinians in Israel: Readings in History, Politics and Society |page=23 |quote=In the village of Abu Shusha in the District of Ramla a unit of the Givati Brigade committed a massacre in which 60 villagers were murdered. |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/36516672/The_Palestinians_in_Israel_Readings_in_History_Politics_and_Society.pdf#page=16 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As the war entered its [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|second stage]], Givati became the '''5th Brigade''', was moved to the south, and concentrated mainly around [[Gedera]], [[Gan Yavne]] and [[Be'er Tuvia]]. One battalion fought on the Jerusalem front, participating in [[Operation Nachshon]] and the [[Battles of Latrun]].

When Israel [[Declaration of Independence (Israel)|declared independence]], Givati consisted of 5 battalions, with notable commanders such as [[Jehuda Wallach]] (51st Battalion), [[Ya'akov Perry (Prolov)|Ya'akov Pri]] (52nd Battalion), [[Yitzhak Pundak]] (53rd Battalion), [[Tzvi Tzur]] (54th Battalion) and [[Eitan Livni]] (55th Battalion). A sixth battalion (the 57th) was founded on May 30, 1948 from [[Irgun]] veterans, in preparation for [[Operation Pleshet]]. The brigade or parts thereof subsequently participated in the [[Battle of Nitzanim]], [[Operation An-Far]], [[Operation Yoav]], etc. It was converted into a reserve brigade in 1956 and its 51st "HaBokim HaRishonim" infantry battalion transferred to the [[Golani Brigade]].

===1980s===
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 [[marines]], but this has not been effected. In 1986 the brigade's purple beret was officially approved.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aviram|first=Itu|title=With Me to Givaati|year=1999|publisher=[[Israel Ministry of Defense]]|isbn=965-05-1007-9|page=134|language=he|quote=חלפו עוד שנתיים, עד פברואר 1986, עד שהכומתה אושרה סופית ומפקדי החטיבה וחייליה יכלו לחבוש אותה בגאווה.}}<!--|access-date=24 November 2011--></ref> Since 1999 it serves under Israel's [[Israeli Southern Command|Southern Command]].

===2002–2003===
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 [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]], when under the command of [[Imad Fares]]. Under Fares' command, Givati carried out thousands of operations in the Gaza Strip.

===2004===
The brigade continued its operations in the Gaza Strip under the command of [[Eyal Eisenberg]] and the new head of Southern Command, [[Dan Harel]]. Givati's Recon Battalion, the ''Dolev'' [[combat engineering]] platoon and the [[Bedouin]] scouts battalion, won a ''recommendation of honor'', mainly for their activities against [[Rafah]]'s tunnels. Givati forces, combined with a special combat engineering tunnels unit, and [[IDF Caterpillar D9]] [[armoured bulldozer]]s, managed to suppress most of Rafah's tunnels.

On May 11 and May 12, 2004, two [[armored personnel carrier]]s of Givati's ''Dolev'' engineering battalion were destroyed by Palestinian militants. The two separate skirmishes, in [[Gaza City]]'s Zeitoun neighbourhood and the [[Philadelphi Route]] near [[Rafah]] and the [[Egypt]]ian border, claimed the lives of 11 soldiers. [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]] militants captured some of the remains, causing outrage in Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3706165.stm|title=Israeli body hunt sparks clashes |date=12 May 2004 |access-date=12 October 2010 |work=[[BBC]] News}}</ref> Following international pressure and further Israeli operations in Zeitoun, the bodies of soldiers were returned to Israel.

In the Zeitoun incident, [[UNRWA]] ambulances were used as transport by healthy Palestinian militants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reuters-UNAmblulance-110504 |url=http://canadiancoalition.com/unrwa/Reuters-UNAmblulance-110504.wmv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203160416/http://canadiancoalition.com/unrwa/Reuters-UNAmblulance-110504.wmv |archive-date=February 3, 2007 |website=Canadian Coalition}}</ref>{{OR|date=March 2024}}<!-- this video does not appear to come from a reliable source despite its naming --> In an interview with [[Haaretz]], Israel's Defense Minister [[Shaul Mofaz]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haaretzdaily.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321122017/http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/427679.html|url-status=dead|title=Haaretz daily - Info & News Magazine 2020 -|archivedate=March 21, 2009|website=Haaretz daily - Info & News Magazine 2020}}</ref> UNRWA has described the May 11 incident as a hijacking.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

[[File:Givati at Western Wall.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Members of the Givati Brigade praying at the [[Western Wall]], 2010]]
[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Givati Recon Company at Training, Aug 2009.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The reconnaissance company of the Givati Brigade during an exercise, 2009]]
After two more soldiers were killed in [[Rafah]], [[Israel]] launched [[Operation Rainbow]]. This involved Givati forces reinforced by [[Golani Brigade]] soldiers with [[IDF Achzarit]] HAPCs, a battalion of officers from the class-commanders school and several [[IDF Caterpillar D9]] [[Armored bulldozer|armoured bulldozers]]. The stated aim of Operation Rainbow was to destroy the terror infrastructure of Rafah, destroy [[smuggling tunnels]] and stop illegal missile shipment.

The brigade's ''Shaked'' 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 [[Druze]] officer was tried for killing [[Iman al-Hams]], a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, in Rafah in October 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6556766 |title=Israeli Soldier Indicted in Girl's Death|agency=Associated Press |year=2010 |access-date=12 October 2010 |work=NBC News}}</ref> Captain "R" was acquitted of all charges by a military court.<ref name="compensation">{{cite web |url=https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/697464.html |title=IDF officer Cleared in Death of Gaza Girl to Receive Compensation From State |last=Harel |first=Amos |date=22 March 2006 |access-date=12 October 2010 |work=[[Haaretz]] |archive-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013151841/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/697464.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another officer, Captain "N", was removed after Palestinian gunmen infiltrated the [[Morag, Gaza|Morag]] settlement and killed three soldiers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=33912&Pos=68&last=0&bScope=False |title= Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinski appointed Deputy Chief of Staff|website=www1.idf.il |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204225639/http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=33912&Pos=68&last=0&bScope=False |archive-date=December 4, 2004}}</ref> in September 2004.

===2005===
On September 12, the Givati Brigade left the Gaza Strip as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], 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.

===2006===
On June 27, in response to Hamas' kidnapping of Corporal [[Gilad Shalit]], 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."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3268283,00.html |title=IDF Launches Gaza Offensive |date=28 June 2006 |access-date=12 October 2010 |newspaper=ynetnews}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3285578,00.html |title=Extensive Operation in Strip: 8 Palestinians Killed |last=Weiss |first=Efrat |date=3 August 2006 |access-date=12 October 2010 |newspaper=ynetnews}}</ref> 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.

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.<ref name="compensation" />

Givati was the first brigade to receive the new [[IMI Tavor TAR-21]] assault rifle, in August 2006.

[[File:Givati basic training.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Flagstaff at basic training base]]

===2007===
As of 2007, the Givati brigade is organized into three main battalions: Shaked, Tzabar, and Rotem, in addition to associated [[Israeli Field Intelligence Corps|reconnaissance]], [[Israeli Engineering Corps|engineering]], and other units.

===2008===
The Givati Brigade participated in [[Operation Hot Winter]].
It also participated in the ground phase of [[Operation Cast Lead]], 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 [[Hamas]] 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.<ref name="A necessary operation">[https://www.jpost.com/Features/A-necessary-operation 'A necessary operation'], ''The Jerusalem Post'', August 4, 2009</ref>

===2012===
[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Soldiers Graduate Combat Training, Pose for Group Picture.jpg|thumb|250px|Givati soldiers in 2011]]
In November 2012, the Givati Brigade participated in [[Operation Pillar of Defense]].

===2014===
In the summer of 2014, the Givati Brigade participated in the Israeli offensive [[Operation Protective Edge]]. 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 [[Rafah]], near the border with Egypt. Three soldiers, including the commander, Benaya Sarel, of the Givati Reconnaissance Company ([[Sayeret]] Givati), were killed in the ensuing firefight subsequently dubbed [[Hannibal Directive#Rafah (2014)|"Black Friday."]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/memorialization/vicmajorbenayasarel|title=Commemoration|website=GOV.IL}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-01|title=Hadar Goldin and 'Hannibal Directive': Israel's Nightmare Dilemma to Stop Soldier Becoming Hamas Pawn|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hadar-goldin-hannibal-directive-israels-nightmare-dilemma-stop-soldier-becoming-hamas-1459367|access-date=2022-01-16|website=International Business Times UK|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-29|title=Israel 'committed war crimes' in Gaza, Amnesty says|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/amnesty-international-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-during-black-friday-of-gaza-war-10424085.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>

After learning of Goldin's capture, the IDF initiated the [[Hannibal Directive]] and carried out a relentless air and ground attack on residential areas of [[Rafah]].<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news|date=2015-07-29|title=Gaza: 'Israeli war crimes' followed soldier's capture - Amnesty|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33700343|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-07-29|title=Gaza 'Black Friday': Cutting edge investigation points to Israeli war crimes in Rafah|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/07/gaza-cutting-edge-investigation-rafah/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Amnesty International|language=en}}</ref> In the summer of 2015, a [[United Nations]] independent commission inquiry, as well as a joint report by [[Amnesty International]] and [[Forensic Architecture]], found that Israel's indiscriminate violence against all human life on Black Friday amounted to war crimes.<ref name="BBC News"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title='Black Friday' Report: Carnage in Rafah during 2014 Israel/Gaza conflict|url=https://blackfriday.amnesty.org/report.php|access-date=2022-01-16|website=blackfriday.amnesty.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} UN Gaza Inquiry finds credible allegations of war crimes committed in 2014 by both Israel and Palestinian groups|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=16119&LangID=E|access-date=2022-01-16|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} CoIGazaConflict Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIGazaConflict/Pages/ReportCoIGaza.aspx|access-date=2022-01-16|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The reports detail the massive Israeli bombardment that killed between 135 and 200 Palestinian civilians, including 75 children.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title='Black Friday' Summary: Carnage in Rafah during 2014 Israel/Gaza conflict|url=https://blackfriday.amnesty.org/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=blackfriday.amnesty.org}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

The IDF Rabbinate later declared Goldin deceased for the purposes of Jewish burial and grieving rituals and buried the remains.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Images|first=Getty|title=Thousands Attend Funeral of Fallen IDF Soldier Hadar Goldin|url=https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/203399/thousands-attend-funeral-of-fallen-idf-soldier-had/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Forward|date=3 August 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zitun|first=Yoav|date=2015-02-03|title=IDF's Givati Brigade most highly decorated unit|language=en|work=Ynetnews|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4622299,00.html|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref>

===2015===
In January 2015, a convoy belonging to the Tsabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade [[January 2015 Shebaa Farms incident|was attacked]] by [[Hezbollah]] in [[Shebaa Farms]].

===2022===
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).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Givati soldiers accused of spitting at Armenian archbishop in Jerusalem procession|work=Times of Israel|date=2022-11-28|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/givati-soldiers-accused-of-spitting-at-armenian-archbishop-in-jerusalem-procession/|access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> While IDF Chief of Staff [[Aviv Kohavi]] 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 [[Itamar Ben-Gvir]] 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".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/prospective-police-minister-ben-gvir-suggests-activists-provoked-troops-assault/|title=Likely police minister Ben Gvir suggests activists provoked Hebron troops' assault|work=Times of Israel|date=2022-11-26|access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ben-Gvir: Chief of Staff should 'think twice' about punishing Givati soldier|work=Jerusalem Post|date=2022-11-29|access-date=2022-11-30|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-723613}}</ref>
[[File:Givati Brigade east Rafah, may 2024 (1).jpg|thumb|250px|Givati Brigade in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] in May 2024]]

===2023===
{{Main|Gaza war}}The Givati Brigade has lost 89 soldiers and commanders during the war, including on the October 7, 2023, onslaught.<ref>{{cite news |last=page |first=Emanuel Fabian NEW! Get email alerts when this author publishes a new article You will receive email alerts from this author Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author Manage alert preferences on your profile |title=IDF’s Givati Brigade pulls out of northern Gaza’s Jabalia amid ceasefire |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idfs-givati-brigade-pulls-out-of-northern-gazas-jabalia-amid-ceasefire/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/three-soldiers-killed-in-northern-gaza-explosion-yesterday/|title=Three soldiers killed in northern Gaza explosion yesterday|date=3 June 2025|website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[History of the Israel Defense Forces]]
* [[List of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war]]
* [[Mechinat Rabin]]
*[[Hannibal Directive]]

==References==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.givati.org.il/ Official Givati Brigade Website] {{in lang|he}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828134228/http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/2007/08/1401.htm Five 1948 Givati Brigade Casualties ID after 59 years]

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