Camp Gibor ('Hero')

Israel / Hazafon / Qiryat Shemona /
 military, headquarters, infantry, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
769th "Hiram" (Reserve) Infantry Brigade

"Hiram" is the second spatial division, in addition to division "thunder", which is subject to division "of the Galilee". Division headquarters is located here although the main logistic base is just down the road to the east in Camp Beit Hillel, but this is the Brigade admin HQ.

The Brigade is responsible for maintaining security along the border of Israel and Lebanon ("blue line") in the eastern Galilee, ridge "loud" in the Galilee Panhandle. Another Front Mount Dov near Shebaa Farms, has opened since the IDF withdrew from areas of southern Lebanon in 2000.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Gliders
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Coordinates:   33°13'17"N   35°34'44"E

Comments

  • Is this a good place to be based in the IDF?
  • Miriam are you there or were you there?
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