The 252nd Sinai Division ( he, עוצבת סיני) is an

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

division under the Southern Regional Command. Formed in 1968, it was the first permanent division in the IDF. As of July 2016, it is commanded by

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Saar Tzur.

History

The unit was created in 1968 in an effort to unify Israeli armoured forces in the

Sinai Sinai commonly refers to: * Sinai Peninsula, Egypt * Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt * Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God Sinai may also refer to: * Sinai, South Dakota, a place ...

, taking an active part in the

War of Attrition The War of Attrition ( ar, حرب الاستنزاف, Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; he, מלחמת ההתשה, Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from ...

. It later took an active part in the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...

. During the

First Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

, it operated on the eastern wing of the Israeli forces pushing into Lebanon.The Sinai Division during the Lebanon War" (Hebrew)
''Ma'arachot,'' 413, pp.32-39 (July 2007). In the 21st. century, the division has been charged with securing the

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with

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Units

* 252nd "Sinai" (Reserve) Division ** 10th "Harel" (Reserve) Armor Brigade ** 12th "Negev" (Reserve) Infantry Brigade ** 14th "Machatz/Bison" (Reserve) Armor Brigade (In Hebrew) **16th Jerusalem Brigade (In Hebrew) ** 646th "Sky Fox" (Reserve) Paratroopers Brigade ** 425th "Fire Flame" (Reserve) Artillery Regiment ** Division Signal Battalion

References

{{Authority control Southern Command (Israel) Divisions of Israel Military units and formations established in 1968