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Israeli Ground Forces

Land service branch of the Israel Defense Forces

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict (3)
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The Israeli Ground Forces (Hebrew: זרוע היבשה, romanized: z'róa hibshá, lit. 'Land arm') are the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The current commander of the ground forces is Major General Nadav Lotan. An order from Defense Minister David Ben-Gurion on 26 May 1948 officially set up the Israel Defense Forces as a conscript army formed out of the paramilitary group Haganah, incorporating the militant groups Irgun and Lehi.

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