The Gaza Division is the IDF unit responsible for the Israel-Gaza border. Through 2020 the opening said it 'has repeatedly entered the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups based in Gaza.' Today the opening states only the division's area of operation and its commander, with the word surviving once elsewhere in the body. A reader today learns the division patrols the Gaza border and not that its incursions were described as responses to rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Gaza Division (Territorial), is subordinate to the Southern Regional Command .1Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it.2The division's commander is Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg , who replaced Moshe Tamir on 19 November 2008.3The Gaza Division had been entrusted with the safety and security of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip after the Six-Day War in times of peace and armed conflict. In August 2005, the division, along with the rest of the IDF, officially ended its presence in the Gaza Strip as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan when Jewish settlements were dismantled. However, the Gaza Division has repeatedly entered the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups based in Gaza.4
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Soldiers of the Gaza Division's Desert Reconnaissance Battalion during a military exercise The Israel Defense Forces Gaza Division (Territorial), is subordinate to the Southern Regional Command . Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it. The division's commander is Brigadier-General Mickey Edelstein , who replaced Yossi Bachar on November 4, 2012. The Gaza Division had been entrusted with the safety and security of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip after the Six-Day War in times of peace and armed conflict. In August 2005, the division, along with the rest of the IDF, officially ended its presence in the Gaza Strip as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan when Jewish settlements were dismantled. However, the Gaza Division has repeatedly entered the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups based in Gaza. "Mickey Edelstein appointed Gaza Division Commander" (in Hebrew).
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The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Soldiers of the Gaza Division's Desert Reconnaissance Battalion during a military exercise The Israel Defense Forces Gaza Division (Territorial), is subordinate to the Southern Regional Command . Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it. The division's commander is Brigadier-General Eliezer Toledano . The Gaza Division had been entrusted with the safety and security of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip after the Six-Day War in times of peace and armed conflict. In August 2005, the division, along with the rest of the IDF, officially ended its presence in the Gaza Strip as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan when Jewish settlements were dismantled. However, the Gaza Division has repeatedly entered the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups based in Gaza. In September 2015 the division was renamed 143rd "Fire Fox" (Territorial) Division.Gal Perl Finkel, Changing the rules in the Gaza Strip comes with a cost , The Jerusalem Post , October 13, 2018.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Logo of Ugdat Aza Soldiers of the Gaza Division's Desert Reconnaissance Battalion during a military exercise Gaza Division ( Ugdat Aza ) is a division of the Israel Defense Force , subordinate to the Southern Regional Command . Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it. The division's commander is Brigadier-General Eliezer Toledano .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Military unit Soldiers of the Gaza Division's Desert Reconnaissance Battalion during a military exercise The 143rd "Fire Fox" Division also known as Gaza Division ( Ugdat Aza ) is a division subordinated to Israeli Southern Command .Its area of operation is the border with the Gaza Strip and surrounding area.The division's commander is Brigadier-General Avi Rosenfeld , who replaced Nimrod Aloni in August 2022.The Times of Israel .
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subordinate to the southern regional command
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division of the israel defense force
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