Yiftach Brigade

Emblem of the brigade

The Yiftach Brigade (also known as the Yiftah Brigade, the 11th Brigade in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War) was an Israeli infantry brigade. It included two Palmach battalions (the 1st and 7th), and later also the 2nd, which was transferred from the Negev Brigade.

The Palmach memorial website records 274 of its members being killed whilst in the Yiftach Brigade.

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  Moshe Kelman, commander during Operation Yiftach
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  Mula Cohen, commander during Operation Danny
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  Gideon Eilat commander during Operation Yoav

Yiftach Brigade parading in Haifa. April 1949

Yiftach Brigade Second Battalion on parade marking first anniversary of the occupation of Haifa

Yiftach Brigade Memorial near Beit Kama

Military operations

The Yiftach Brigade participated in the following Israeli military operations:

• Operation Yiftach
• Operation Yoram
• Operation Danny
• Operation Yoav
• Metzudat Koach

Memorial

The memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Yiftach Brigade is situated in the northern Negev north of Rahat, near Kibbutz Beit Kama and Beit Kama Junction at Road 40.

See also

• List of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war