Nahal Brigade

Israel 'will never withdraw from Gaza,' Katz stresses despite US anger on settlement rhetoric

"A large area of Gaza will be surrounded to protect settlements," Defense Minister Israel Katz said. "In my vision and in due time, Nahal nucleus groups will be established in the northern part."

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025
Then-foreign minister Israel Katz looks on in Jerusalem, November 7, 2024

US accuses Israel of 'provoking' Arab nations as Katz says 'no intention' to resettle Gaza

Following an air strike the Nahal Brigade conducted a search of a building in eastern Rafah, where they identified one terrorist who had been killed in the airstrike, and three additional armed terrorists.

After airstrike slams into terrorist position in Rafah, IDF closes in, killing three

IDF operates in Gaza, September 29, 2025.

IDF kills terrorist who crossed into IDF-controlled territory in southern Gaza


IDF reveals: This is how Hamas operates in Gaza's refugee camps

During the raid, the fighters located six terrorist tunnel shafts, one of them inside a mosque and one in an orchard near the mosque.

IDF's Nahal Brigade in Gaza.

Israel faces spike in rocket fire, despite northern Gaza progress

The IDF announces names of two soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza • IAF fighter jets strike a warehouse containing Hamas terrorists and weaponry

 Israeli forces operate across the Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023

IDF conducts major offensive against Hamas terrorists over the weekend

The IDF hit Hamas from the air, sea, and land, with both naval and aircraft operating in tandem with Israeli ground forces.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip. November 18, 2023

WATCH: Soldiers from the Nahal Brigade engage terrorists on October 7

Despite taking losses soldiers of the Nahal brigade successfully wrested control over the communities in the region from Hamas.

IDF soldiers of the ultra-Orthodox 'Nahal Brigade' seen silhouetted holding their weapons at an Israeli army base in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 31, 2014.

Elite Israeli soldier rescues tree owl from Kfar Aza wreckage

Hefer pointed out how, as the Reconnaissance Brigade’s emblem is an owl, it was fitting that he should be the one to find and rescue the bird.

 Nahal Soldier rescues owl in Kfar Azza, October 2023

Two IDF soldiers caught fighting in violent brawl in Hebron

The IDF stated that the behavior displayed in the video is unacceptable and contrary to the values of the IDF.

 SOLDIERS ON patrol in Harat a-Sheikh neighborhood watch as a herd passes by on the street.