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Monday, July 6, 2015
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Monday, July 6, 2015
IDF to set up special commando division
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot announces the establishment of a new commando brigade that will unite several elite units – Maglan, Duvdevan, Egoz and Rimon. The new brigade will be under the command of Division 98, the paratroopers reserve service division.
The brigade will be headed by an officer of the rank of colonel.
Maglan is a special artillery unit, using several types of secret guided missile technologies. Egoz is the elite platoon of the Golani brigade. Duvdevan is an elite unit operating in the West Bank, until now under the command of the Judea and Samaria Division. Rimon is the elite platoon of the Givati Brigade.
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