Camp Amos Yarkoni (aka Mishmar Ha'Negev) : Givati Brigade Garrison

 military, infantry, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

Officially called Camp Amos Yarkoni but usually called Mishmar Ha'Negev after the nearby community settlement.

The Givati Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי‎‎) functions as the amphibious force and is one of the infantry brigades in the Israel Defense Forces. Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets. The Brigade's symbol is the fox, alluding to Shualei Shimshon (שועלי שמשון, lit. Samson's Foxes), a unit in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

The Givati formed in December 1947 and placed under the command of Shimon Avidan. It was responsible for the central region in the beginning of the 1948 War of Independence, participating in Operation Hametz, Operation Barak and Operation Pleshet. As the war entered its second stage, Givati became the 5th Brigade, was moved to the south, and concentrated mainly around Gedera, Gan Yavne and Be'er Tuvia. One battalion fought on the Jerusalem front, including Operation Nachshon and the Battles of Latrun.

Order of Battle

424th "Shaked"/"Almond" Infantry Battalion
432nd "Tzabar"/"Cactus" Infantry Battalion
435th "Rotem"/"Furze" Infantry Battalion

and 846th "Shualey Shimshon"/"Samson's Foxes" Special Troops Battalion
which comprises :

"Dikla"/"Palm" Anti-Tank Company
"Dolev"/"Plane tree" Engineer Company
"Shualey Shimshon"/"Samson's Foxes" Reconnaissance Company

Co-located Unit
"Maor" -"source of light" Signal Company

51st "HaBokim HaRishonim" Infantry Battalion was transferred to the Golani Brigade in 1956
In January 2015, a convoy belonging to the Tsabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade was attacked by Hezbollah in Shebaa Farms.

The Brigade trains in the Negev Desert at Camp Lahav ('Blade') located close to the Egyptian border crossing at Nitzana :
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