Gaza war order of battle

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This is the order of battle of the Gaza war.

Israel and allies

Israeli forces

Israel Defense Forces
- Israeli Ground Forces
  - Northern Command
    - 36th Division "Ga'ash"
      - 1st Infantry Brigade "Golani"^[1]
        12th Infantry Battalion "Barak"
        
        13th Infantry Battalion "Gideon"
        
        51st Infantry Battalion "HaBok'im HaRishon"
      - 7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan"
        77th Armored Battalion "Oz"^[2]
        
        82nd Armored Battalion "Ga'ash"^[3]
      - 188th Armored Brigade "Barak"^[4]
        53rd Armored Battalion "Sufa"^[5]
    - 146th Division "Ha-Mapatz"
      - 2nd Infantry Brigade "Carmeli" (reserve)^[4]
      - 4th Armored Brigade "Kiryati" (reserve)^[6]
      - 205th Armored Brigade "Egrof HaBarzel" (reserve)^[7]
    - 91st Division "Galilee"
      - 3rd Infantry Brigade "Alexandroni" (reserve)^[8]
  - Southern Command
    - 143rd Division "Fire Fox"
      - 6643rd Territorial Brigade "Katif"
      - 7643rd Territorial Brigade "Gefen"^[9]
        585th Desert Reconnaissance Battalion^[10]^[11]
    - 162nd Armored Division "Ha-Plada"
      - 84th Infantry Brigade "Givati"^[12]
        424th Infantry Battalion "Shaked"^[13]
        
        432nd Infantry Battalion "Tzabar"^[14]
        
        435th Infantry Battalion "Rotem"^[15]
      - 401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot haBarzel"
        9th Armored Battalion "Eshet"^[16]
        
        46th Armored Battalion "Shelah"^[17]
        
        52nd Armored Battalion "Ha Bok'im"^[18]
      - 933rd Infantry Brigade "Nahal"^[19]
        931st Infantry Battalion "Shaham"^[20]^[21]
        
        932nd Infantry Battalion "Granite"^[22]
      - Division Signal Battalion "Afik"^[23]
    - 80th Division "Edom"
      - 460th Armored Brigade "Bnei Or"
      - 512th Territorial Brigade "Paran"
        33rd Border Infantry Battalion "Caracal"^[24]
        
        277th Border Infantry Battalion "Cheetah"^[25]
    - 252nd Division "Sinai" (reserve)^[26]^[27]^[28]
      - 10th Armored Brigade "Harel" (reserve)^[26]
      - 12th Infantry Brigade "Negev" (reserve)^[29]
      - 16th Infantry Brigade "Jerusalem" (reserve)
        8119th Battalion "Halamish"^[30]
    - LOTAR Eilat^[31]
  - Central Command
    - 99th Infantry Division "Ha'Bazak" (reserve)
      - 5th Infantry Brigade "HaSharon"
        Yehonatan Battalion^[32]
      - 88th Multidimensional Unit^[33]
      - 646th Paratroopers Brigade "Shualei Marom" (reserve)
      - 900th Infantry Brigade "Kfir"
        97th Infantry Battalion "Netzah Yehuda"^[34]
    - 98th Paratroopers Division "Ha-Esh"^[35]
      - 35th Paratroopers Brigade^[36]
        101st Paratroopers Battalion "Fatan"^[37]
        
        202nd Paratroopers Battalion "Tzapa"^[37]
        
        890th Paratroopers Battalion "Ef'a"^[2]
      - 55th Paratroopers Brigade "Hod Ha-Hanit" (reserve)
      - 89th Commando Brigade "Oz"
        Unit 212 "Maglan"^[38]
        
        Unit 217 "Duvdevan"^[39]
        
        Unit 621 "Egoz"^[40]
      - 551st Paratroopers Brigade "Hetzei HaEsch" (reserve)
  - Home Front Command^[41]
    - Jerusalem and Central District Division
      - Rescue & Training Brigade
        498th Search & Rescue Battalion "Shahar" ^[42]
        
        894th Search & Rescue Battalion "Tavor"^[41]
    - Southern District Division
      - 6050th Infantry Brigade "Daniel"^[43]
  - Personnel Directorate
    - Military Police Corps^[44]
    - Adjutant Corps
  - Infantry Corps
    - 261st Infantry Brigade
    - 646th "Hamarom" Brigade
    - 828th Infantry Brigade "Bislamach"^[45]
      - 17th Infantry Battalion "Golan Lions" ^[18]
  - Combat Engineering Corps
    - Special Operations Engineering Unit "Yahalom"^[46]
    - 601st Combat Engineering Battalion "Asaf"
    - 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion "Lahav"^[47]
    - 605th Combat Engineering Battalion "HaMahatz"
    - 749th Combat Engineering Battalion^[48]
    - 801st Engineering Corps Command Unit "JP Khan North"^[49]
    - 802nd Engineering Corps Command Unit "JP Khan Center"^[50]
    - 7064th Engineering Mechanical Equipment Battalion "Tsma/Al-Sahl"^[51]
    - 8170th Combat Engineering Battalion "Ghidhan" ^[52]
  - Combat Intelligence Collection Corps^[53]
    - 414th Field Intelligence Battalion "Nesher"
    - 869th Field Intelligence Battalion "Shahaf"^[54]
  - Logistics Corps
  - Artillery Corps
    - 213th Artillery Brigade "HaTkuma" (reserve)
      - 7042nd Battalion^[55]
    - 215th Artillery Brigade "Amud ha-Esh"^[40]
    - 282nd Artillery Brigade "Uzbet Golan"^[56]
    - 454th Artillery Brigade "Tabor" (reserve)
      - Doher Battalion^[57]
    - Unit 5252 "Zik" ^[58]
  - Armored Corps
    - 8th Armored Brigade "HaZaken" (reserve)^[59]
      - 9212th Battalion^[60]
    - 14th Armored Brigade "Machatz" (reserve)
    - 179th Armored Brigade "Re'em" (reserve)^[40]
  - Medical Corps
  - Oketz Unit^[61]
- Israeli Air Force
  - Palmachim Air Wing
  - Ramon Air Wing
    - 190 Squadron "Magic Touch"^[65]^[66]
  - Sdot Micha Air Wing^[67]
  - Tel Nof Air Wing
    - 118 Squadron "Night Birds"^[68]
    - 210 Squadron "White Eagle"^[69]
  - Special Forces Wing
  - Air Defense Command
    - 66th David's Sling Battalion^[73]
    - 137th Iron Dome Battalion
    - 139th Iron Dome Battalion
    - 947th Iron Dome Battalion
- Israeli Navy
- Israel Police^[79]
  - Southern District
  - ZAKA^[80]
  - Lahav 433^[80]
  - Special Patrol Unit
  - Israel Border Police^[81]^[12]
    - MGB Southern Command
    - Yamam^[82]
    - Yamas^[83]
    - Tactical Division^[84]
- Military Intelligence Directorate
  - Unit 504^[85]
  - Unit 8200^[86]
  - General Staff Reconnaissance Unit^[87]^[88]^[89]
  - Unit 9900
- Ministry of Defense^[90]
  - COGAT^[91]
- Shin Bet^[92]
- Israel Prison Service
  - Metzada Unit^[93]
- Israeli armed citizens^[94]^[95]
  - Kibbutz and moshav emergency standby squads

Non-Israeli forces

Hamas and allies

Palestinian forces

Joint Operations Room
- Al-Qassam Brigades^[113]
  - Al-Nukhba Commando Force
  - Qassam Naval Commandos
  - Aerial Brigade ^[114]
  - North Brigade
    - Beit Lahia Battalion
    - Beit Hanoun Battalion
    - Al Khalifa al Rashidun Battalion
    - Martyr Suhail Ziadeh Battalion
    - Jabalia al Balad Battalion
    - Imad Aql Battalion
    - Elite battalion
  - Gaza Brigade
    - Sabra-Tal al Islam Battalion
    - Daraj wal Tuffah Battalion
    - Radwan Battalion
    - Shujaiya Battalion
    - Zaytoun Battalion
    - Shati Battalion
    - Possible elite battalion
  - Central Brigade
    - Deir al Balah Battalion
    - Al Bureij Battalion
    - Al Maghazi Battalion
    - Nusairat Battalion
    - Possible elite battalion
  - Khan Younis Brigade
    - Camp Battalion
    - North Khan Younis Battalion
    - South Khan Younis Battalion
    - Eastern Khan Younis Battalion
    - Qarara Battalion
    - Elite battalion
  - Rafah Brigade
    - Eastern Battalion
    - Khalid bin al Walid Battalion
    - Shaboura Battalion
    - Unknown fourth battalion
    - Elite Battalion
- Al-Quds Brigades
  - Gaza Brigade^[115]
    - Turukman Battalion^[116]
    - Shuja'iyya Battalion^[116]
  - Central Camps Brigade^[117]
  - Naval forces^[118]
- Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
- National Resistance Brigades
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
- Martyr Abdul Qader al Husseini Brigades^[119]^[120]
- Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
- Mujahideen Brigades
  - Gaza Brigade^[121]
- Al-Ansar Brigades
- Jihad Jibril Brigades
Ministry of Interior of the Gaza Strip
- General Security Services^[122]
  - Rad'a Force^[123]^[124]
- Gaza police^[125]
  - Arrow Unit^[126]
Fatah al-Intifada^[127]
Martyr Muhammad al-Deif Brigades^[128]^[129]
Gazan civilian mobs^[130]^[131]

Non-aligned

Jaysh al-Ummah^[132]^[133]
Islamic State
- Palestine District (alleged by Israel)^[134]^[135]^[136] (denied by Egypt)^[137]
- Lone wolf insurgents
Barbakh clan (disputed)

See also

Notes

[a]
Popular Forces have been described as a Salafi Jihadist organization with alleged ties to the Islamic State. Several senior leaders in the Popular Forces also allied with the Islamic State in the Sinai.^[96]
[b]
From May 2024^[97]^[98]^[99]

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