Golani brigade

WATCH: IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists responsible for fallen soldier in southern Lebanon

One terrorist was killed during the initial firefight on Tuesday, with the other killed in an additional operation, the military announced.

Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade's 13 Battalion operating in southern Lebanon, published April 12, 2026.
An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank that is deployed at a position in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on March 24, 2026.

Israel kills over 30 Hezbollah terrorists as IDF ramps up southern Lebanon operations

IDF's 7th Brigade seizes Hezbollah terror weapons in southern Lebanon, March 14, 2026.

WATCH: IDF's Lebanon raids kill Hezbollah terrorists, seizing weapons, dismantling infrastructure

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on August 9, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah terrorists.

Hezbollah still holds over 1,000 long-range missiles to strike Israel


Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

Billy, a three-and-a-half-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was found near Rafah, and was revealed to be from Nir Oz when she was brought to Israel for treatment.

 Aviad Shapira, the Golani reservist who found Billy.

IDF Golani Brigade returns to fighting in Gaza under 36th Division

Throughout the week, IDF forces operated in the Rafah area to locate and destroy the remaining terror infrastructure.

 The Golani Brigade has returned to fighting in the Gaza Strip under the command of the 36th Division

'Our Oron has returned home': COGAT, Golani chiefs visit Oron Shaul's family

Alian served as the chief of the Golani Brigade during the 2014 Operation Protective Edge when Shaul's body was kidnapped.

 Major-General Rasan Alian visits the family of St.-Sgt. Oron Shaul. January 19, 2025.

Halevi to Golani recruits: We are engaged on four fronts, we deployed to Syria last night

The 474 Brigade began operating on the border to provide additional security to residents of the Golan Heights and State of Israel as a whole.

 Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 8, 2024.

IDF announces fallen soldier Sgt. Gur Kehati killed in southern Lebanon

Sergeant Kehati, 20, from Nir Banim, served in the 13th Battalion in the Golani Brigade.

Gur Kehati, 20, fell during combat in southern Lebanon, 21.11.2024

'Slipping on blood:' Father of wounded soldier recounts Hezbollah drone attack

"My son is hospitalized at Beilinson," Shuki explained. "He has relatively minor injuries, with shrapnel in his face, and he’s lost hearing in one ear."

 An Israeli soldier directs ambulances after a drone attack that caused mass casualties on October 13, 2024 in Binyamina, Israel.

Sergeant Yosef Hieb killed in Hezbollah drone attack on Golani base

Sergeant Hieb, 19, from Tuba-Zanghariya, was killed during training for an infantry role in the Golani Brigade.

 Sergeant Yosef Hieb

IDF Golani Brigade seizes Hezbollah compound, thwarts major attack on northern Israel

The Hezbollah compound included a residential building and an olive grove, where a launcher, fully loaded and aimed at northern communities, was found.

 IDF soldiers from the Golani Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, October 8, 2024.

Golani Brigade seizes weapons, eliminate Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon ground op.

The IDF stated that these soldiers destroyed weapons and terrorist infrastructure and eliminated terrorists both in combat and with assistance from the Israel Air Force.

 Golani Brigade conducting exercises to prepare for Lebanon ground operation, published October 2, 2024

WATCH: IDF's Golani Brigade gears up for war against Hamas

"The heroism of the fallen of the 13th Battalion accompanies us in every step we take," stated battalion commander Lt. Col. Tomer Greenberg.

 Soldiers of the IDF Golani brigade train for possible combat during Operation Swords of Iron, October 2023