• (Lt.) Gen. Dan Halutz — Chief of the General Staff

• Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky — Deputy Chief of the General Staff

• Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz — GOC Army Headquarters

• Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi — Head of Technological and Logistics Directorate

• Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin — Director of Military Intelligence

• Maj. Gen. Elazar Stern — Head of Personnel Directorate

• Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot — Head of Operations Directorate

• Maj. Gen. Itzhak Harel — Head of Plans and Policy Directorate

• Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy — Commander of the Israeli Air Force

• Maj. Gen. David Ben Ba'ashat — Commander of the Israeli Navy

• Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh — GOC Central Command

• Maj. Gen. Udi Adam — GOC Northern Command

• Maj. Gen. Yoav Gallant — GOC Southern Command

• Maj. Gen. Gershon Yitzhak — GOC Home Front Command

• Maj. Gen. Eyal Ben Reuven — Commander of the Military Colleges and Senior Field Commander

• Maj. Gen. Yousef Mishleb — Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories

• Maj. Gen. Yishai Beer — President of the Military Court of Appeals

• Maj. Gen. Udi Shani — Head of C4I and Senior Field Commander

• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Yaron — Director General of the Ministry of Defense

• Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni — Military Secretary of the Prime Minister

• Brig. Gen. Miri Regev — IDF Spokesperson

• Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit — Military Advocate General

• Brig. Gen. Moshe Lipel — Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff

• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Shmuel Keren — Director of Development of Weapons Systems Infrastructure

• Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Beinhorn — Defense Establishment Comptroller

Ground forces

Active units:

• Infantry

• Givati Brigade

• Golani Brigade

• Nahal Brigade (Initials of: "Pioneering Fighting Youth")

• Paratroopers Brigade

• Several dozens Special forces and Counter-terrorism elite units (Sayeret)

• About 5 additional mixed unit battalions (Haruv, Shimshon, Nachshon, Lavi, Duhifat).

• Armoured forces

• Barak Armored Brigade (aka. 188th Brigade)

• Ga'ash Brigade (Hativa Sheva in Hebrew, aka. 7th Brigade)

• Ikvot Habarzel Brigade (aka. 401st Brigade)

• Artillery

• consisting of three brigades.

• Combat Engineering

• Israeli Engineering Corps

• consisting of a regular brigade and additional smaller units.

• Engineering company in each infantry brigade.

• Field Intelligence Corps, abbreviated as Modash

• Youth and Nahal Center. A unit of the army that used to be composed of young people who would build new settlements in Israel and then spend their army service defending them. Today Nachal is a regular unit of the infantry in the Israeli Army.

• Nahal

• Border Police (MAGAV)

• Sar-El short time service program for oversea volunteers.

• Marva short time tironut program (level 02) for oversea volunteers.

• Small Arms

• Tavor TAR-21 bullpup assault rifle

• "Refaim" advance rifle grenade

• Galil assault rifle

• Uzi submachine gun

• Micro Uzi

• Para Micro Uzi

• Mini Uzi

• Uzi pistol

• IMI Negev light machine gun

• Jericho 941 "Baby Eagle" handgun

• T.C.I. M89-SR semi-auto bullpup sniper rifle (based on a M-36 Sardius rifle)

• SR-99 semi-auto sniper rifle

• RCWS - remote control weapon station

• OWS - overhead weapon station (also known as "Mag Refael")

• Armoured Fighting Vehicles

• Merkava - Main battle tank

• Mk 1

• Mk 2

• Mk 3

• Mk 3 Baz (improved armour and fire control system)

• Mk 3 LIC (modified for low intensity warfare, i.e. urban warfare).

• Mk 4

• Nammer ARV - Merkava armoured recovery vehicle

• Magah (upgraded M60 Patton) - Main battle tank

• Multi purpose tank-chassis based IFVs/CEVs

• Puma - Combat engineering armoured vehicle

• Achzarit - APC (armored personal carrier)

• NagmaShot - an APC based on the Centurion tank

• Nagmachon

• Nakpadon

• Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer - an up-armoured military version

• Machbet - self propelled anti aircraft system

• Self-propelled artillery systems

• All-terrain vehicles and other wheeled vehicles

• Abir

• Sufa

• Desert Raider

• Rockets and Missiles

• Gil/Spike - ATGM (anti-tank guided missile)

• Shifon - ATGM

• Jericho missile - ballistic missile

• Shavit - satellite launch missile, based on Jericho

• Rafael Python 4 and Rafael Python 5 - advance air-to-air missiles

• Popeye (AGM-142) - advance guided air-to-ground missile

• Gabriel anti-ship missile

• Hetz (Arrow missile) - part of a ballistic missile defense system, able to shoot down ballistic missiles

• Electronics and High-Tech

• Oren Yarok (Green Pine) - radar system used by the Arrow system

• Phalcon - intelligence gathering systems installed on large airplane

• Satellites

• Ofeq - reconnaissance satellite

• Amos - communications satellite (civilian, used by the IDF)

• Katbam - unmanned naval vehicle

• LITENING targeting pod - enhance fighter jets offensive capabilities

• F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet electronic systems

• Barak Zoher - advance tank firing system, installed on Merkava tanks

• Dolphin class submarine electronic and warfare systems

• Aircraft platforms

• Nesher fighter jet (upgraded Mirage V)

• Kfir fighter jet (upgraded and improved Mirage V)

• Nammer fighter jet

• Lavi fighter jet (original design, prototype flown but project cancelled due to cost)

• Arava STOL medium transport aircraft

• Mazlat (UAV) - unmanned small aerial vehicle

• Naval platforms

• Dabur/Dvora/Tsir'a/Yatush patrol craft

• Sa'ar-class missile boat

• Saar 2 class missile boats

• Saar 3 class missile boats

• Saar 4 class missile boats

• Saar 4.5 class missile boats

• Saar 5 class missile boats

• Israel Defence Forces: the military. The IDF operates air, ground and naval forces in order to protect Israel against foreign armies and terrorists. The IDF elite units are called Sayeret. The most famous Sayeret units are Sayeret Matkal and Shayetet-13.

• The Intelligence Branch (Aman).

• Infantry brigades (Paratroopers Brigade, Golani Brigade, Givati Brigade, Nahal Brigade, Mech. Infantry)

• Armored corps and Artillery corps,

• The Israeli Engineering Corps

• The Israeli Air Force

• The Israeli Navy

• Israel Police: a civilian force. As most other police forces in the world, their duties include crime fighting, traffic control and maintaining public safety.

• Border Police ("MAGAV"): the combat arm of the Israeli Police. Border Police troops are trained by the IDF in high infantry level but serve under the police. They are deployed in the West Bank and in the countryside. They are also deployed on the borders of Israel. YAMAM is the elite civilian counter terrorism unit of Israel.

• MASHAZ (Civilian Guard): a volunteer organization of citizens which assists in daily police work. Members are trained to provide the initial response to a security situation until the police arrive. MASHAZ volunteers are armed with M4 Carbine and personal handguns. The MASHAZ also have special units, but their members require additional training and a higher level of commitment.

• SHABAS - Prison service: the SHABAS is responsible for guarding Israeli prisons and making sure that the prisoners do not escape. The SHABAS elite unit is called "Metzada" and is specialized for hostage situations inside prisons.

• Shin Bet (Israel Internal Security Service): Shin-Bet's duties are to protect ministers and high public officials (such as the president or the head of police), to prevent violent insurrection, to gather intelligence, and to pinpoint terrorist cells and prevent them from causing damage. Shin-Bet activities are classified.

• Mossad. Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim   "The Institute for Intelligence and for Special Tasks"): the Mossad is an Israeli intelligence agency. It is responsible for intelligence collection, covert action (including paramilitary activities and assassinations) and counter-terrorism. Its focus is on Arab nations and organizations throughout the world.

• LOTAR Eilat: a special reserves unit for counter-terrorism which is based in Eilat.

• KABATs (Security Officers): public officials trained in combat and able to handle terrorist threats. The KABATs, besides supplying an initial response to threats, are experts in security issues. When they are deployed in a small town or village, they are responsible for that town or village's defense.

• Magen David Adom: Israeli first aid organization responsible for emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank services. The name means "Red Star of David."

• Sherutei Kaba'ut veHazala (Fire department): Israeli firefighters. They are responsible for extinguishing fires and extracting people trapped in structures (ranging from stuck elevators to collapsed buildings).

• Pikud HaOref Rescue Team: a military rescue team which handles large-scale civilian disasters such as earthquakes, collapsed buildings and missile attacks on cities.

• ZAKA - Hessed Shel Emet ("True Grace"): a volunteer organization mostly comprised of Haredi Jews who assume the duty of collecting human remains following a disaster, to provide those remains a proper Jewish burial. ZAKA has gained much positive publicity for its efforts in handling remains of victims of suicide bombings. Their founder, Yehuda Meshi Zahav, was honored by being asked to light a beacon during the celebration of Israel's Independence Day. In addition to recovering body parts, ZAKA also provides first aid services and assists in searching for missing people.

• Local Rescue teams: A rescue team on each of the Galil, the Golan Heights and the Negev rescues lost travelers and tourists.

• Mishmar haKnesset (The Knesset Guard): An organization that secure the israeli parliament, but also has a ceremonial role. The Serjeant-at-Arms ("katzin ha-Knesset") is the commander of the Knesset Guard.

IDF & Egoz Battalion

May 16, 2006