page_title: Paratroopers Brigade
section_title: Reprisal operations
hierarchical_section_title: Paratroopers Brigade / Battles & operations / Reprisal operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Different israeli officers of the parachutist 890e battalion in 1955 with Moshe Dayan - Chief of Staff. Lieutnant Meir Har-Zion - Lieutnant colonel Arik Sharon - Lieutnant General Moshe Dayan (Chief of Staff) Captain Dani Matt - Lieutnant Moshe Efron - Major General Asaf Simchoni - Captain Aharon Davidi Lieutnant Ya'akov Ya'akov - Captain Raful Eitan. CoS Moshe Dayan with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged, November 1955. Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. 'Arik' Sharon, Lt.Gen Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Col. Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. 'Raful' Eitan. עברית: עומדים, מימין לשמאל: אל"מ אסף שמחוני, סגן משה עפרון, סרן דני מט, רא"ל משה דיין, סא"ל אריק שרון, סגן מאיר הר-ציון.יושבים, מימין לשמאל: סרן רפאל איתן, סגן יעקב יעקב, סרן אהרון דוידי. התמונה צולמה באזור ניצנה, לפני יציאתם של הצנחנים למבצע הר-געש (מידע נוסף). 日本語: 1955年11月、モシェ・ダヤン参謀総長と第890空挺大隊のメンバー。後列左から： メイヤ・ハーシオン中尉 アリエル・シャロン少佐（のち国防相・首相） モシェ・ダヤン中将 ダニー・マット大尉 モシェ・エフロン中尉 アサフ・シッホニ大佐 前列左から： アハロン・ダヴィディ大尉 ヤコブ・ヤーコブ中尉 ラファエル・エイタン大尉（のちの参謀総長）
context_page_description: The 35th Brigade, also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces, and forms a major part of the Infantry Corps. It has a history of carrying out special forces-style missions dating back to the 1950s.
  Paratrooper Brigade soldiers wear maroon berets with the infantry pin and reddish-brown boots. Distinct from all other soldiers of the IDF, Paratroopers wear a tunic and belt over the shirt.
  The IDF has four reservist paratrooper brigades at any given time, consisting of personnel who served their mandatory time in the brigade, and who are mostly relatively recently discharged, aside from officers.
context_section_description: The Paratroopers Brigade played a key role in the Reprisal operations, a series of retaliatory raids into Arab territory in response to fedayeen attacks on Israel. In 1955, the 890th battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade carried out Operation Elkayam, successfully attacking Egyptian military positions in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip. This was followed up with Operation Volcano, a successful raid by paratroopers together with Nahal Brigade and Golani Brigade infantry against Egyptian military positions on the Egyptian-Israeli border that was the largest Israeli military undertaking since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and Operation Egged later that year, a raid that destroyed an Egyptian military post in the Sinai. In December 1955, paratroopers augmented by Nahal and Givati Brigade infantry carried out Operation Olive Leaves, an attack on Syrian gun emplacements along the border which had been shelling Israel, destroying them. In 1956, a force of paratroopers carried out Operation Black Arrow, raiding an Egyptian military base in Gaza and ambushing an Egyptian military relief convoy.
caption: Members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r:  Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Arik Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Maj. Gen Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. Raful Eitan
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