Carmeli Brigade

Carmeli Brigade
Carmeli Brigade
חטיבת כרמלי
	Insignia of Carmeli Brigade
Active	1948 - present
Country	Israel
Branch	Israeli Ground Forces
Type	Reserve
Role	Infantry Brigade
Part of	Northern Command
Engagements	1948 Arab–Israeli War; Sinai War; Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; First Lebanon War; Second Lebanon War; Iron Sword War against the terror axis (Hamas, Hizbollah and Iran's branches terror); 2023-present;
Commanders
Current; commander	Omri Rosencrantz
Inaugural commander	Moshe Carmel

2nd "Carmeli" Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת כרמלי, Hativat Carmeli, former 165th Brigade) is a reserve infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, part of the Northern Command. Today the brigade consists of four battalions, including one reconnaissance battalion.