Paratroopers Brigade

Minister Eliyahu Launches National Appreciation Week for IDF Wounded

Reunion with paratrooper Liran Baruch highlights the legacy and sacrifice of Israel’s wounded heroes

Soldiers and injured participants from the ‘The Strong Are Revealed’ nonprofit organization taking part in a surfing activity held in honor of Israel’s Wounded Veterans Appreciation Day.
IDF troops operating in West Bank.

Paratroopers kill terrorist who threw rocks at Israeli citizens, soldiers near Ofra in West Bank

Israeli security forces operate after settlers torched the Al-Hajj Hamida Mosque in the West Bank, November 13, 2025

Palestinian terrorist shot dead by IDF paratroopers during operations in West Bank camp

An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

On This Day: Israel, Jordan sign 1994 peace treaty, ending forty-six years of war


St.-Sgt. Inbar Avraham Kav killed in IDF operation at Jit junction laid to rest

Kav, a soldier in the 890th Paratroopers Battalion, fell during an operation at Jit Junction in the northern West Bank.

IDF responds to terror attack in West Bank, September 28, 2025.

IDF soldier suffering from self-inflicted gunshot succumbs to his wounds

The soldier was named as Corporal Dan Mandel Philipson, 18, from Norway. He was a combat soldier in training in the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade. 

IDF soldiers pay respects to loved ones who fell in battle at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Paratroopers chief gets censure, but no major penalty regarding complaints

Brig.-Gen. Gal Shuhami probed the complaints and found that all of them were either untrue or within the normal spectrum of errors.

 Israeli soldiers from the 646 Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade operating in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, January 2, 2023.

External officer to investigate allegations against Paratroopers cmdr., IDF says

The allegations include unethical behavior and giving commands that put IDF soldiers in danger.

 Israeli soldiers from the 646 Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade operating in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, January 2, 2023.