162nd Division (Israel)

Armoured division of the Israel Defense Forcesyes September 2018 162nd Ha-Plada Division Logo-ugda-162.png 150px 162nd Division insignia 1971–present Israel Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps Armor Division Southern Command * Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War 2006 Lebanon War 2014 Gaza War Gaza war The 162nd Division "Ha-Plada", also known as the Steel Formation (he עֻצְבַּת הַפְּלָדָה, Utzbat HaPlada), is a division in the Israel Defense Forces. It is subordinate to Southern Command. The 162nd division has been involved in the Yom Kippur War, the two Lebanon wars, and the Gaza war. During the lattermost war, it was determined to have killed Hind Rajab, a 5-year old Palestinian girl.Muhammad Darwish Niamh Kennedy 2024-10-11 UN inquiry accuses Israel of ‘crime of extermination’ through deliberate destruction of Gaza’s health care system https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/middleeast/un-israel-war-crimes-gaza-health-system-intl 2025-11-07 CNN en History The division played a critical role in the 1973 Yom Kippur War in the Sinai, under Avraham "Bren" Adan. Although attached to the Central Command at the time, the 162nd Division participated in battles against Hezbollah, from July to August 2006, in the western sector of southern Lebanon and north of Bint Jbeil. The division reached the strategic Litani River, that separates Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon from central Lebanon. The division participated in skirmishes with Hezbollah as late as September 27.Greenberg Hanan Lebanon: 2 soldiers moderately injured in exchanges of fire https://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3283335,00.html September 20, 2018 Ynet June 30, 2006 Gaza war On February 17, 2025, the Israel Defense Forces announced that the 162nd Division had officially concluded its nearly 15-month-long operations in the Gaza Strip.Fabian Emanuel IDF’s 162nd Division hands responsibility for Gaza buffer zone to 252nd Division https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idfs-162nd-division-hands-responsibility-for-gaza-buffer-zone-to-252nd-division/ 2025-02-17 The Times of Israel en-US Responsibility for the military's buffer zone in the northern part of the Strip was handed over to the 252nd Division. According to the IDF, the 162nd Division suffered the loss of 265 soldiers during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. The southern portion of the buffer zone, as well as the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, remains under the responsibility of the Gaza Division. A UN commission concluded that the 162nd division deliberately targeted and killed medical workers during the Gaza war.Legal analysis of the conduct of Israel in Gaza pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf UN experts "determined on reasonable grounds" that it was the 162nd division that killed Hind Rajab, a 5-year old Palestinian girl. The 162nd division, according to the report, also killed the rest of the girl's family and two paramedics trying to rescue the girl.2024-10-10 ‘Relentless’ Israeli Attacks on Gaza Medical Workers Are War Crime, U.N. Panel Says (Published 2024) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war-un-report.html 2025-11-22 en2024-10-10 UN investigators say Israel targeting Gaza healthcare system, committing ‘war crimes’ https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/10/10/un-investigators-israel-seeking-to-destroy-gaza-healthcare-committing-war-crimes- 2025-11-22 Al Arabiya English en Division organization thumb|right|420px|162nd Division "HaPlada" organization as of October 2025 25px 162nd Division "HaPlada/Steel" 25px 5th Infantry Brigade "HaSharon" (Reserve) 7020th Infantry Battalion "Nachshon" 8110th Infantry Battalion "Yoav" 8111th Infantry Battalion "Yehonathan" (6555th) Reconnaissance Battalion 8170th Combat Engineering Battalion (Reserve) 5505th Logistic Battalion 357th Signal Company 25px 84th Infantry Brigade "Givati" 424th Infantry Battalion "Shaked" 432nd Infantry Battalion "Tzabar" 435th Infantry Battalion "Rotem" (846th) Reconnaissance Battalion "Shualey Shimshon/Samson's Foxes" 607th Combat Engineering Battalion 5084th Logistic Battalion 7497th Signal Company 25px 401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot haBarzel/Iron Trails" 9th Armored Battalion "Eshet" 46th Armored Battalion "Shelah" 52nd Armored Battalion "HaBok'im/The Breachers" 601st Combat Engineering Battalion "Asaf" Logistic Battalion Reconnaissance Company 298th Signal Company "Eyal" 25px 933rd Infantry Brigade "Nahal" 50th Infantry Battalion "Bazelet" 931st Infantry Battalion "Shaham" 932nd Infantry Battalion "Granit" (934th) Reconnaissance Battalion "Topaz" 7107th Combat Engineering Battalion "Raz" (Reserve) 933rd Logistic Battalion 7354th Signal Company "Bareket" 25px 215th Artillery Brigade "Amud HaEsh/Pillar of Fire" 55th Artillery Battalion "Dragon" (M109 "Doher" self-propelled howitzers) 402nd Artillery Battalion "Reshef" (M109 "Doher" self-propelled howitzers) 403rd Artillery Battalion "Eyal" (Reserve) (M109 "Doher" self-propelled howitzers) 531st Artillery Battalion (Reserve) (M109 "Doher" self-propelled howitzers) 5353rd Target Acquisition Battalion 8194th Artillery Battalion (Reserve) (M270 "Menatetz" MLRS) Signal Company 25px 6162nd Division Logistic Group Maintenance & Technology Battalion Maintenance Company A Maintenance Company B Assistance Company Movement Control Company Ammunition Company Medical Company 2x Supply platoons 3x Control squads 25px Division Signal Battalion "Afik" References External links Category:1971 establishments in Israel Category:Divisions of Israel Category:Military units and formations established in 1971 Category:Southern Command (Israel)