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Originally Posted by Stan187
There was also an offensive in Gaza going on. Givati is one of the regforce brigades, and it was there, couldn't leave. Besides, if you use the whole of the regforce, then you're leaving in defense against other threats only reservists. At the time, there was thought to be a real possibility of escalation to wider conflict, with Syria in particular. The Golan ties up two of the best armored brigades.
AFAIK Regforce:
401 (Armor)
188 (Armor)-Golan
7 (Armor)-Golan
Nahal (Inf.)
Golani (Inf.)
Givati (Inf.)-Gaza
Paras (Inf.)-?
Kfir (Inf.)-West Bank (specialized in MOUT)
The unmarked ones went to Lebanon AFAIK. So at least 3 regforce brigades. Not sure if the paratroopers were there, I'd imagine, but I don't know.
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I'm not sure where the paratroopers were assigned to prior to the outbreak of hostilities however they particpated in the Southern command's operations during the war. Much of Golani's active forces were moved to the Golan two days prior to the outbreak of the war. They were later obsorbed by General Eitan's division for the most part during the counter offensive.
The Kfir brigade was the 900th then.