IDF to Place Four Elite Combat Units under New Command

The IDF is placing its four elite combat units under a single commando brigade in the 98th Paratrooper's Division.

The combat units Egoz, part of the Golani Brigade; Rimon, part of the Givati Brigade; Duvdevan of the Central Command; and Maglan of the combat engineering force will be under the new command to be headed by Col. David Zainy.

The new commando brigade will "improve joint operations of special forces in emergency [conditions]" and serve as "decisive front lines of the IDF against future challenges of the enemy," said Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot.

The famed Sayeret Matkal, which is under the direct command of the IDF General Staff's Reconnaissance Unit, the Air Force's Shaldag commando unit and the Navy's Flotilla 13 will continue to operate autonomously.