Training pipeline: Israel has a long history of intelligence units and operations, dating back to the Palmach's "German Platoon".
It was appended to the GOC Army Headquarters and its soldiers wore black berets, even though they were under the direct command of the General Staff.
During the 1982–2000 South Lebanon Conflict, it operated as an elite outfit tasked with collecting combat intelligence.
On October 7th, 2023 27 female members of Unit 414 of the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps were killed or captured by Hamas during the Nahal Oz attack.
The chief combat intelligence officer is a brigadier general appointed by the head of the GOC Army Headquarters.