Paran Brigade

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512th Paran Brigade
חטיבת פארן
Active28 November 2018 – Present
CountryFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Type Infantry
RoleBorder Security
Part of 80th Division
Garrison/HQKetziot, Israel
Commanders
Current commanderCol. Shemer Raviv
Insignia
Identification
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Logo hativa Faran.svg

The 512th "Paran" Brigade is an Israeli regular infantry regional brigade that is subordinated to the 80th Division and traditionally associated with the Southern Command. The Paran Brigade was established through a reconfiguration of the Sagi Brigade. [1]

Contents

The brigade headquarters are at Ketziot.

Brigade Commanders

NameDurationNote
Eli Yitzhak Ben Bashat28th November 2018 - 18th August 2020Founder of the Brigade and its first commander. Fell on 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[ citation needed ]
Elad Shushan18th August 2020 - 2nd January 2022
Ido Sa'ad2nd January 2022 - 29th July 2023Dismissed due to an attack on the Egyption border. [2]
Shemer Raviv29th July 2023Current brigade commander

Structure

The Paran Brigade incorporates and consolidates in a single formation the mixed (male and female) Caracal, the Lions of Jordan, the Cheetah, and Bardalas battalions, [3] already serving within the 80th Division.

The Paran Brigade is unique to the rest of the IDF divisions as a regional and regular brigade.

Mission

Paran Brigade members Paran Brigade. III.jpg
Paran Brigade members

The mission of the Paran Brigade is twofold: border surveillance and defense, and internal training of the troops assigned. [1] The protection of the Israeli-Egyptian border is from Eliat to Holot Halutza with Egypt’s Sinai, [3] and, according to Andrea Spada, particularly the area extending from the Nitsana border. [4]

Distinctive insignia

The soldiers in the brigade will have the speckled, yellow, green and brown berets of the Border Defense Force and wear red boots and a newly designed tag on their shoulders. [3]

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