Wikipedia's first sentence called it “unit of the israel defense forces”. Today it says “armoured cavalry unit of the 7643rd territorial brigade "gefen"”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (DRB) (also known as Unit 585 or the Bedouin Battalion ) is a armoured cavalry unit of the 7643rd Territorial Brigade "Gefen", 143rd "Fire Fox" Division that specialized in controlling and surveillance immigrants from crossing the border illegally, CQB/CQC in urban areas, patrolling with armed armored vehicles to maintain border security, raiding with maneuver warfare tactics and small unit tactics, support counterinsurgency, and tracking targets in border areas. It is an ethnic minority unit consisting of volunteers from the Bedouin , Christian , Muslim ethnoreligious groups, while the majority of the IDF and the Israeli population are Jews . The DRB was founded in the late 1980s and since then has largely been deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip on security duties.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Unit of Israel Defense Forces Military unit The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (DRB) (also known as Unit 585 or the Bedouin Battalion ) is a unit of the Israel Defense Forces . It is an ethnic minority unit consisting of volunteers from the Bedouin , Christian , Muslim , Druze and Circassian ethnoreligious groups, while the majority of the IDF and the Israeli population are Jews . The DRB was founded in the late 1980s and since then has largely been deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip on security duties.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “unit of the israel defense forces”. Today it says “armoured cavalry unit of the 7643rd territorial brigade "gefen"”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
unit of the israel defense forces
Now
armoured cavalry unit of the 7643rd territorial brigade "gefen"
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