Paratroopers

In October 1956, paratroopers executed their first brigade-level night raid against a Jordanian fortress in Husan, achieving strategic goals despite heavy casualties.

Three years after October 7, the Paratroopers Brigade reviews its combat evolution, leadership challenges, and tactical lessons learned across multiple operational fronts.

The 450th Battalion rushed to the border on October 7, engaging terrorists across Re'im, Nirim, and Kissufim. Despite heavy casualties and wounded commanders, trainee soldiers stepped up to fight, eliminating over twenty terrorists and rescuing hostages.

The 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade completed an 80-day tour in southern Lebanon, clearing infrastructure up to the Yellow Line as forces transition to active forward defense.

An IDF paratroopers officer successfully expunged his youth criminal record through a specialized military program, enabling his career advancement.

Hundreds accompanied on his final journey the man who was one of the central and most famous figures in the Paratroopers Brigade and passed away at the age of 92. Above all, he was known as the military advisor to the Kurdish rebels in Iraq. His friends spoke of a brave officer: "You were like a tree in the field - a legend from the generation of giants of the IDF." His family eulogized: "He loved...

Brig. Gen. (res.) Tzurie Sagi died today at the age of 92. During his 32 years in the IDF, he fought in the Battle of the Mitla, commanded the Paratrooper Reconnaissance Unit and the 890th Battalion, and participated in the Yom Kippur War. He will be remembered primarily for his secret mission in the 1960s: training the Kurdish underground and developing the combat doctrine that destroyed an...

Liam Aaron Gamzo continues the path of his brother, Staff Sergeant Ilay Gamzo, who fell in battle. His parents signed for his service in the infantry after he requested, 'Do not stop my life.' Among the new recruits to the brigade is also a lone soldier who immigrated specifically from Australia. 'Welcome to the IDF' series of reports.

A Piper aircraft crashed into the ground, clearing three rows of dignitaries—including the Prime Minister and senior officers—before plowing into the crowd. The memorial ceremony for Peretz Goldstein and other Yishuv paratroopers at Kibbutz Ma'agan turned into a horrific disaster, claiming 17 lives, including four paratroopers who had survived World War II.