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of several future israeli chiefs of staff including shaul mofaz moshe ya alon benny gantz and aviv kochavi selection and training members of 890th paratroop battalion after operation egged november 1955 standing l to r lt meir har zion maj ariel sharon lt gen moshe dayan capt danny matt lt moshe efron maj gen asaf simhoni on ground l to r capt aharon davidi lt ya akov ya akov capt rafael eitan see also idf code of ethics and paratrooper service in the paratroopers is voluntary and requires passing an intense two day selection process 5 that includes tests of physical fitness as well as emotional preparedness leadership skills and the ability to cooperate in a group each year the brigade receives five times more applicants than it can accept paratrooper recruits go through a year of training and more than a quarter drop out 6 the paratrooper training course includes fitness training krav maga training harsh combat skills specializing in a wide range of weapons field craft long marches with heavy equipment weeks of survival training including navigation and camouflage helicopter training jump training collaboration with other units close quarters combat and urban warfare the course begins with four months of basic infantry training followed by advanced training that ends with a beret march where recruits march 80 kilometers in full combat gear after which they are inducted into the idf 7 battles and operations reprisal operations the paratroopers brigade played a key role in the reprisal operations a series of retaliatory raids into arab territory in response to fedayeen attacks on israel in 1955 the 890th battalion of the paratroopers brigade carried out operation elkayam successfully attacking egyptian military positions in the khan yunis area of the gaza strip this was followed up with operation volcano a successful raid by paratroopers together with nahal brigade and golani brigade infantry against egyptian military positions on the egyptian israeli border it was the largest israeli military undertaking since the 1948 arab israeli war and operation egged later that year a raid that destroyed an egyptian military post in the sinai in december 1955 paratroopers augmented by nahal and givati brigade infantry carried out operation olive leaves an attack on syrian gun emplacements along the border which had been shelling israel destroying them in 1956 a force of paratroopers carried out operation black arrow raiding an egyptian military base in gaza and ambushing an egyptian military relief convoy sinai campaign 1956 an israeli paratrooper at the mitla pass during the suez crisis the suez crisis began with a drop of an entire paratroop battalion over the eastern approaches to the mitla pass the remaining members of the brigade force traveled along a 300 km route 200 km deep within enemy territory and linked up with the battalion this break through took 28 hours during which the column swept through the deserted kuntilla and fought two short but fierce battles against egyptian forces in thamad and nakhl the major paratroop action during the campaign was the battle for mitla pass a paratroop reconnaissance patrol entering the pass found itself trapped by an overwhelming enemy force the egyptians enjoyed the topographical advantage fighting from positions and niches in superior terrain outnumbered reinforcements who entered the fray fought desperately to rescue their comrades after nightfall the egyptians were routed but at the cost of 38 paratroopers dead and over 100 more wounded enemy losses were estimated at 260 the paratroopers jumped once again during the sinai campaign at at tur on the south eastern shore of the gulf of suez the rest of the brigade proceeded by land to conquer ras sudar and link up with their comrades at at tur they then moved southeastward to sharm el sheikh at the southern tip of the sinai peninsula which they conquered in a classic pincer movement in coordination with the 9th brigade which had been moving southwestward after the war s end the paratroopers concentrated on reorganization and training with emphasis on helicopter operations at least 49 egyptian pows were executed by the paratroopers brigade the officer arye biro ordered the executions because we had to move on to ras sudar 8 six day war 1967 israeli paratroopers reach the western wall on 7 june 1967 during the six day war the paratroopers whose orbat had now greatly increased in number fought on all fronts the sinai peninsula judea samaria and the golan heights paratroopers and armor broke through the rafah positions heavily defended by the egyptian 7th division from behind with the unit suffering heavy losses many troops were further killed in action during the evacuation of the wounded the following day the unit entered gaza paratroop forces under the command of danny matt who later attained the rank of major general made a helicopter landing at the um katef artillery positions in the enemy s rear line a battalion raced against the 7th idf armored division for the honor of being the first to reach the suez canal veteran paratrooper aharon davidi arrived first at the banks of the suez during the six day war paratroopers reached sharm el sheikh and likewise participated in the attack on the golan during the recapture of east jerusalem from jordanian annexation considerable care was taken to protect and avoid damaging the holy places of the three religions for this the paratroopers paid a heavy price in dead and wounded citation needed sayeret tzanhanim reconnaissance paratroopers equipped with jeeps mounting 106mm recoilless rifles waged a campaign of destruction against egyptian armor formations 9 during the battle of firdan bridge the paratroopers destroyed dozens of t 55 tanks right off the freighter in alexandria harbor 10 war of attrition 1968 1973 after the six day war paratroopers participated in pursuit and retaliation operations against egyptian infiltrators and became embroiled in the war of attrition on various fronts on march 21 1968 paratroopers and armor raided a headquarters in karame jordan killing 250 jordanian soldiers on december 12 1968 a heliborne paratroop force raided beirut airport and destroyed lebanese aircraft the raid came in response to repeated terrorist attacks against israeli aircraft on december 23 1969 paratroopers participated in operation rooster 53 airlifting an entire soviet radar station out of egypt and transporting it back to israel 11 in january 1970 the brigade spearheaded operation rhodes taking over the egyptian island of shadwan three israeli soldiers were killed in the raid which saw the paratroopers remain on the island for 36 hours before departing with 62 egyptian pows and a captured decca radar set 12 on 12 may 1972 a hijacked sabena airliner landed at israel s lod airport now ben gurion after which paratroopers disguised as el al flight technicians assaulted the aircraft and rescued the passengers on the night of april 9 1973 during operation spring of youth a select force of paratroopers headed by chief of staff lt gen amnon lipkin shahak landed in different sites in and around beirut where according to published foreign reports they linked up with waiting cars hired by mossad agents according to these sources the soldiers drove through beirut without arousing suspicion they simultaneously attacked the popular front for the liberation of palestine s headquarters and the residences of three high ranking palestine liberation organization plo leaders responsible for the fatah black september munich massacre of israeli athletes in 1972 surprise was total and despite fierce resistance in the headquarters all teams succeeded in carrying out their missions and were extracted by israeli air force helicopters two israeli soldiers and dozens of pflp fighters were killed during the fighting yom kippur war 1973 israeli paratroopers advance in the sinai during the yom kippur war the yom kippur war saw the paratroopers fighting in some of the most difficult battles of the war in the sinai paratroopers assigned to armored units rescued the beleaguered budapest outpost and destroyed the egyptian forces paratroopers armed with law missiles helped contain an egyptian armored thrust paratroopers of danny matt s brigade crossed the canal as the spearhead of general sharon s divisions and established a bridgehead others attempting to break open a route for them ran up against the massive chinese farm fortifications for three days paratroopers and armored corps of general sharon s and general adan s divisions made repeated attempts until they succeeded in breaking through and rescuing their comrades during the bitter fighting idf soldiers ran over open ground to evacuate fallen comrades and often fell victim to enemy fire in the process the battles for the chinese farm prevented the egyptians from closing in on the bridgehead and eventually succeeded in opening an access point to it on the west bank of the suez canal paratroopers fought in the city of suez and advanced upon the city of ismailia on the syrian front paratroopers captured the peaks of mt hermon in a heliborne operation other troops conquered quneitra in the golan heights and tel shams and acted as armored infantry in the thrust into syrian territory after the yom kippur war the paratroopers and other infantry units were placed under the command of a chief paratroop and infantry officer during an operation known as operation nightgown sayeret tzanhanim paratroopers were dropped off at a grassy opening near kasr al hayr on the main baghdad damascus highway 13 they headed for a bridge where a brigade of iraqi t 62 tanks was about to cross en route to the golan heights battlefield 14 the paratroopers attacked the iraqi armor from the front causing a bottleneck the sayeret tzanhanim paratroopers also attacked the trapped brigade from the rear with machine gun fire and rpgs destroying the brigade 15 the paratroopers then placed explosive charges underneath the bridge full of destroyed iraqi tanks destroying the bridge 16 this prevented crucial iraqi reinforcements from ever reaching the golan heights front destroying an iraqi tank brigade in the process 17 operation nightgown was one of the smallest israeli special operations ever mounted and also one of the most important 18 approximately a dozen paratroopers destroyed the iraqi tank brigade 19 operation entebbe 1976 on the morning of july 4 1976 a counter terrorist hostage rescue mission headed by brig gen dan shomron succeeded in rescuing 102 passengers and crew of a hijacked air france aircraft at entebbe uganda the paratroopers force led by col matan vilnai was tasked with securing the civilian airport field clearing and securing the runways protection and fuelling of the israeli aircraft the commandos transported in four lockheed c 130 hercules transport planes succeeded in landing undetected at entebbe s airport and taking the hijackers and their ugandan collaborators by surprise all seven hijackers and dozens of ugandan soldiers were killed during the mission after the raid the assault team returned to their aircraft and began loading the hostages where they were shot at by ugandan soldiers israeli forces returned fire with their ak 47s inflicting casualties on the ugandans during this brief but intense firefight lt col yonatan yoni netanyahu the older brother of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was shot in the chest and killed during the firefight he was the only israeli commando killed in the operation three hostages were killed one was left in uganda and approximately 10 were wounded the 102 rescued hostages were flown to israel via nairobi kenya shortly after the raid operation litani 1978 paratroopers participated in the 1978 invasion of lebanon carried out after the infamous coastal road massacre which temporarily purged southern lebanon of plo terrorists after the idf withdrawal and the return of sporadic attacks the paratroopers participated in preventive raids against bases in lebanon raids designed to keep the terrorists off balance and on the run thereby preventing them from carrying out their operations within israel 1982 lebanon war 1982 1985 paratroopers take a break during the lebanon war in 1982 the paratroopers were an important component of the 1982 lebanon war 20 the war in lebanon proved the idf s fighting ability and tested paratroop combat doctrine which had been revised as a result of the lessons of the yom kippur war operation litani and other operations paratroopers fought in every sector of the war against syrian troops and paratroops both in built up and mountainous areas they operated efficiently and in full coordination with other corps the navy and the air force one of the better known operations was the amphibious landing at the mouth of the awali river north of sidon from where the paratroopers advanced to the outskirts of beirut through the mountains in their advance they engaged syrian commando forces 21 second intifada the paratroopers played a key role in the second intifada paratroopers participated in operation defensive shield taking part in the battle of jenin and battle of nablus 2008 2009 gaza war paratroopers reconnaissance in training paratroopers took part in ground operations in the 2008 2009 gaza war the brigade was an important component during the war 22 23 2006 lebanon war the brigade participated in the 2006 lebanon war the paratroopers took part in key engagements paratrooper units took part in the battle of maroun al ras the first serious battle of the war which ended in the idf capturing most of the town the paratroopers also participated in the battle of bint jbeil the battle of ayta ash shab and operation change of direction 11 2014 gaza war paratroopers in gaza during the 2014 gaza war during the 2014 gaza war the paratroopers brigade participated in ground operations particularly in the khan yunis area the brigade was credited with killing 141 hamas militants and locating four tunnels during the war 24 eight paratroopers were killed in the war including one in a grenade explosion outside of combat 25 26 27 28 29 israel hamas war main article gaza war organization and insignia brigade structure the 35th paratrooper brigade is part of the idf s 98th division also known as the fire formation it consists of three regular battalions each bearing the name of a venomous snake the 101st bearing the number of disbanded unit 101 is the brigade s first battalion the 202nd is the brigade s second battalion and was numbered to keep it in line with the 101st the 890th although the brigade s 3rd battalion was in fact the idf s first paratrooper battalion the brigade operates a sayeret battalion combining the three specialized units of the brigade soldiers of the paratroopers brigade are distinguished by their red beret paratrooper wings reddish brown leather boots and the paratroopers tunic yerkit which is slightly different in a...