80th Division (Israel)

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The 80th Division "Edom" is a territorial division of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command.

80th Division "Edom"
Division symbol
Active	1979–present
Country	Israel
Branch	Israeli Ground Forces
Type	Reserve infantry
Size	Division
Part of	Southern Command
Nickname(s)	Edom אדום
Commanders
Current commander	Itamar ben haim
Notable commanders	Yoel Strick

History

The unit was established in 1979. In February 2007 a regional division, Sagi Brigade, was established. In June 2011, an additional regional division, Arava Brigade, was established. It was closed in June 2016.

In December 2012, the Eilat Brigade was renamed into the Yoav Brigade. The new unit was tasked with protecting the Red Sea city of Eilat. In November 2018, Paran Brigade replaced the Sagi Brigade, taking on its responsibilities as well as others.^{[citation needed]}

Division organization 2023

80th Division "Edom"
- 406th Territorial Brigade "Yoav"
- 460th Armored Brigade "Bnei Or/Sons of Light" (Training)
- 512th Territorial Brigade"Paran"^[1]
  - 33rd (Unisex) Border Infantry Battalion "Caracal"
  - 277th (Unisex) Border Infantry Battalion "Cheetah"
- 681st Division Signals Battalion
- 727th Field Intelligence Battalion "Eitam"
- Counterterrorism Unit "Rotem" (Reserve)

Commanders

Name	Tenure	Notes
Yaakov Or	1987–1988
Moti Paz	1988–1990
Dov Dekel	1990–1994
Yusef Mishleb	1994–1995
Shlomo Oren	1995–2000
Yishai Beer	2000–2002
Shmuel Zakai	2002–2004
Efi Idan	2004–2005
Imad Fares	2004–2005
Yoel Starik	2007–2009
Tamir Yadai	2009–2011
Nadav Padan	2011–2013	^[2]
Roi Elkabetz	September 2013 – 2015
Rafi Milo	2015–2017
Guy Hazut	2017–2019
Gur Shreibman	2019–2021
Itzik Cohen	2021–

References

^ Ari Gross, Judah (November 28, 2018). "In reshuffle, army forms new Faran Brigade to defend Israel-Egypt border". The Times of Israel. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ Bamahane (in Hebrew) (Edition 3102): 19. September 16, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Israel Defense Forces

Arms / commands / directorates / attachés

Arms	Sea Corps (Navy) Air Force Ground Forces
Commands	Northern Central Southern Home Front
Directorates	General Staff Operations Intelligence Personnel Planning Strategy and Third-Circle Technological and Logistics Computer Service Depth Corps
Attachés	Financial advisor Gender Affair Advisor Military Advocate General Court of Appeals Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories

Corps

Ground Forces	Infantry Armor Artillery Combat Engineering Combat Intelligence Collection
Infantry brigades	Oz Paratroopers Golani Nahal Givati Kfir
Armor brigades	7th 188th 401st 460th
Combat support and rear-front	Technology and Maintenance Medical Intelligence C4I Education Adjutant Logistics Military Police Rabbinate General

Divisions

Regular	36th Armored 98th Paratroopers 162nd Armored
Territorial	80th Edom 91st Galil 143rd Fire Fox 210th Bashan 877th Judea and Samaria
Reserve	99th Infantry 146th Armored 252nd Armored

Insignia
Berets, units symbols and uniform Ranks Decorations Flags

Other topics
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