Harel Brigade

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The 10th "Harel" Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת הראל, Hativat Harel) is a reserve infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, today part of the Southern Command.

During this operation the brigade sustained thirty-three killed in the battle for Nebi Samuel and nineteen dead in the Katamon neighborhood.

[6][7] In Operation Maccabi during the first half of May 1948, the Harel Brigade took control of the Jerusalem corridor and opened the road until Shaar Hagai.

During the Six-Day War, the Harel Brigade used Sherman tanks in fighting at Radar Hill, north of Jerusalem, and went on to capture Ramallah.

Under Colonel Itamar Michaeli, the brigade participated in combat in and around the city of Beit Hanoun as part of Operation Swords of Iron.

Rafael Eitan , Commander Company A, 4th Battalion, Harel Brigade (1948)
Ramleh , 1948. Harel 10th Battalion HQ.