The 12th Negev Brigade (Hativat HaNegev) was an Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... i infantry brigade that served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.... .
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The 12th Negev Brigade (Hativat HaNegev) was an Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... i infantry brigade that served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.... . It was commanded by Nahum "Sergei" Sarig (hence also called Sergei Brigade) and consisted of four Palmach
Palmach
The Palmach was the regular fighting force of the Haganah, the unofficial army of the Yishuv during the period of the British Mandate of Palestine.... battalions. The Negev Brigade participated in many operations in the Negev
Negev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab .... Desert, including Operation Yoav
Operation Yoav
Operation Yoav was an Israeli military operation carried out from 15 October - 22 October, 1948 in the Negev Desert, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.... in the latter part of the war.
Dani Karavan is an Israeli sculptor best known for site specific art memorials and monuments which merge into the environment, though he has made important installation art as well as other significant contributions to art and architecture.... 's sculpture "Monument to the Negev Brigade
Monument to the Negev Brigade
The Monument to the Negev Brigade is a monument designed by Dani Karavan in memory of the members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell defending Israel during the 1948 Arab Israeli War.... ".
