Kfir Brigade

Kfir Brigade
File:Tag900.png Kfir Brigade insignia
Active	2005 -
Country	Israel
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Anti-Terror
Size	6 Full Infantry Battalions
Part of	162nd Division ("Steel Formation"), Central Command
Garrison/HQ	Kfir Training Base (Bach Kfir)- near Beka'ot
Colors	Spotted beret, camouflage and white striped flag
Engagements	Operation Hot Winter Operation Cast Lead
Commanders
Current commander	Itay Virob

The Kfir Brigade (Template:Lang-he-n), formerly known as the 900th Brigade, is one of the most recent Infantry Corps brigade in the Israel Defense Forces. It is subordinate to the 162nd Division (Utzvat HaPlada) in the Central regional command.

The Designated Infantry Battalions (known as the "90s Battalions") were founded in the 1990s as an accompanying force to mobile infantry. On December 6, 2005, the brigade was formally established with the 90s Battalions unified into a single, regular service brigade commanded by Colonel Eyal Nosovski.

Although the brigade is subordinated to the 162nd Division, each battalion is operatively attached to a regional brigade in the West Bank Division:

• 90th Nahshon Battalion, assigned to Ephraim Brigade
• 92nd Shimshon Battalion, assigned to Etzion Brigade
• 93rd Haruv Battalion, assigned to Shomron Brigade
• 94th Duchifat Battalion, assigned to Binyamin Brigade
• 96th Lavi Battalion, assigned to Yehuda Brigade
• 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion (a.k.a. Nahal Haredi)

File:Urban combat.jpg

Soldiers of the Nahal Haredi Battalions Recon Unit prepare for a nighttime operation into the heart of the Palestinian Controlled West Bank. Proficiency in urban combat lies at the core of the Kfir Brigade soldiers who routinely are involved with operations inside Palestinian cities.

Photo of Haruv Battalion soldiers taken during counter-terrorism missions being conducted during the IDF operation "Hot WInter" in the Palestinian city of Nablus (Shechem).

Kfir is forbidden