Battalion was in the 1948 Latrun Battles 73rd Battalion was in the 1948 Latrun Battles 75th "Romach"/"Lance" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4M) 77th "Oz"/"Courage" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4M) 79th Battalion was in the 1948 Operation Hiram 82nd "Gaash"/"Rage" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4M) 603th "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion Palsar 7 – 356th Reconnaissance Company Palhik 7 – 353rd "Hanit/Spear" Communications Company Brigade commanders Shlomo Shamir (May – July 1948) Ben Dunkelman (July 1948 – July 1949) Yosef Eitan (July 1949 – July 1950) Shmuel Goder (October 1950 – August 1953) Yitzhak Pundak (April 1954 – October 1955) Uri Ben-Ari (October 1955 – December 1956) Aharon Nachshon (December 1956 – March 1958) David Elazar (December 1958 – April 1959) Israel Tal (April 1959 – April 1960) Arye Shakhar (June 1960 – July 1961) Avraham Adan (July 1961 – January 1963) Herzl Shafir (January 1963 – December 1964) Shlomo Lahat (January 1965 – May 1966) Shmuel Gonen (June 1966 – June 1969) Ya'akov Even (June 1969 – June 1971) Gabriel Amir (June 1971 – September 1972) Avigdor Ben-Gal (September 1972 – February 1974) Ori Orr (February 1974 – December 1975) Avigdor Kahalani (December 1975 – October 1977) Yossi Ben-Hanan (October 1977 – June 1979) Nati Golan (June 1979 – March 1981) Eitan Kauli (Keinan) (March 1981 – September 1982) Meir Zamir (September 1982 – February 1984) Amir Noy (May 1984 – September 1985) Avraham Palant (September 1985 – May 1987) Efraim Laor (May 1987 – November 1988) Dubik Rosenthal (Tal) (November 1988 – July 1990) Zvika Gendelman (July 1990 – January 1992) Yitzhak Harel (January 1992 – October 1993) Gershon HaCohen (October 1993 – August 1995) Dan Biton (August 1995 – August 1997) Shmulik Rosenthal (August 1997 – April 1999) Ya'akov Ayash (April 1999 – July 2001) Halutzi Rudoy (July 2001 – August 2003) Eyal Zamir (August 2003 – September 2005) Amnon Eshel (Asulin) (September 2005 – August 2007) Ro'i Elkavetz (August 2007 – May 2009) Ya'akov Banjo (May 2009 – July 2011) Oded Basyuk (July 2011 – June 2013) Nadav Lotan (June 2013 – July 2015) Dan Noyman (July 2015 – August 2017) Roman Gofman (August 2017 –) Source: References Northern Command (Israel) Brigades of Israel Military units and formations established in 1948