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An Israeli paratrooper in Syria. Credit: IDF.
IDF paratroopers relieved in Syria ahead of expansion of Hamas war
The brigade served in the Golan Heights and later also across the northern border for approximately five months.
JNS Staff
May 11, 2025
IDF Sgt. Niv Dayag, 19, died during operational activity in the Golan Heights, May 1, 2025. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Soldier killed in Golan Heights, bringing IDF wartime toll to 851
Two additional paratroopers were injured in the crash.
May 2, 2025
The IDF Paratroopers Brigade operating in southern Syria in early April 2025. Credit: IDF.
IDF launches defensive operations in southern Syria
Israeli forces targeted weapons caches and infrastructure near the Golan Heights.
JNS Staff
April 6, 2025
Israel Defense Forces troops enter Syrian territory, Dec. 9, 2024. Credit: IDF.
WATCH: Israeli paratroopers enter Syria
"The combat team of the paratroopers and other forces is conducting 'forward defense' in the area to prevent any threat."
Dec. 9, 2024
Israeli soldiers during operational activity in Southern Lebanon, October 2024. Credit: IDF.
IDF troops not told Hezbollah fighters had armor-piercing ammo
Military intelligence knew before the battle, but didn't tell the elite unit.
Oct. 10, 2024
Sgt. Binyamin Meir Airley. Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Averbuch Airley.
Fallen oleh paratrooper was ‘more Israeli than the sabras’
Sgt. Binyamin Meir Airley, 21, was killed in action in north Gaza.
Amelie Botbol
Oct. 9, 2024
Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Shmuel Tatelbaum (left) and Staff Sgt. Yair Avitan. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Two IDF soldiers slain in Gaza City battle
Staff Sgt. Yair Avitan, 20, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Shmuel Tatelbaum, 21, died as troops were pushing back into Shejaiya.
Lilach Shoval, Yaron Doron and Hanan Greenwood
June 30, 2024
The Hamas terror tunnel in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo by Yehuda Shlezinger.
The Gaza tunnel where hostage bodies were found
A visit to the 10-meter-deep pit opening to where the corpses were recovered by the Paratroopers Brigade.
Yehuda Shlezinger
May 26, 2024
Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 14, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
A complex mission to retrieve the body of a murdered hostage
The IDF sent its Commando Brigade backed by Merkava 4 tanks and air support to retrieve the corpse of Elad Katzir, whom PIJ murdered in January.
Yaakov Lappin
April 7, 2024