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"unit 636"

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THE 636 UNIT IS A SPECIAL UNIT OF THE IDF BORDER PROTECTION FORCE. THE UNIT IS SUBJECT TO THE IOJ IN COMMAND OF THE CENTRAL COMMAND, AND ACTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND THE JORDAN VALLEY. THE COMMANDER IS AN OFFICER OF THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT CHAMPION. THE UNIT DEALS WITH TERRORIST THWARTING, COLLECTING COMBAT INTELLIGENCE AND INTERCEPTING CASUALTIES IN ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS.

THE UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AS A RADAR IN THE SECURITY SECTOR, AND AFTER OPERATION PROTECTIVE WALL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CENTRAL COMMAND. AS A RESULT OF THE SOLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TERRORIST CAPABILITIES, THE NUMBER OF HIGH SERVANTS AND AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ITS MISSIONS, THE ONLY INCREASE AND EXTENSION IS ENCOURAGED TO A MILITARY UNIT, WITH A PARTICULARLY HIGH SCOPE OF SERVANTS AND AREAS OF OCCUPATION AND STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF A SPECIAL UNIT. THE UNIT IS DEFINED AS A DEDICATED UNIT OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL COLLECTION UNITS WITHIN THE BORDERS, AND IS THE LARGEST UNIT IN THE IDF ON WHICH THE COMMANDER OF THE DEPUTY ALEPPO.

THE UNIT HAD AN OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF 2020 AND THE DECORATION OF THE PLO CENTRAL COMMAND OF 2023.

HISTORY OF HISTORY
THE UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 BY THE U.N. YOSSI GARINFELD AS A TARGET INTELLIGENCE UNIT (THE NEGOTIATIONS) IN THE LEBANON SECTOR, UNDER OWAGA 36. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIT WAS CARRIED OUT AS A RESULT OF THE LESSONS OF THE YOM KIPPUR WAR AND THE NEED TO IDENTIFY ENEMY FORCES IN ADVANCE. THE UNIT WAS A BELIEF IN MAKING LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS IN THE SECURITY ZONE, IDENTIFYING ENEMY FORCES AND DIRECTING LAND, ARTILLERY OR AIR FIRE ON THEM. INITIALLY, THE UNIT WAS NOT THERE AND A NUMBER, AND IT WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF GARINFELD'S WIFE, NIZAN, AND THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF HIS PERSONAL NUMBER - 636.

THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE UNIT IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WAS CARRIED OUT FROM THE SECURITY ZONE’S TERMINALS: DELAZA, TYPE OF JUDICIARY, SCENT, AND OTHERS. THE OBSERVATIONAL POSITIONS IN THESE INSTALLATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED UNDER ENEMY FIRE AND WERE REQUIRED FOR A SPECIAL ORGANIZATION. THE ONLY OBJECTIVE WAS THE INTERCEPTION OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION’S PATIENTS BY IDENTIFICATION IN ADVANCE. THE PROOF OF OPERATIONAL CAPACITY HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF RECRUITERS PER UNIT (WHICH HAS BEEN USED FOR A COMPANY'S MAGNITUDE ORDER IN EACH RECRUITMENT CYCLE). IN HER FIRST YEARS, SHE WAS COMPOSED OF FOUR COMPANIES: A HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, A TRAINING COMPANY AND TWO OPERATIONAL COMPANIES. THE OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS WERE DIVIDED INTO ONE DIVISION IN THE LEBANESE SECTOR AND ANOTHER COMPANY THAT CONDUCTS TRAINING AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. THE UNIT WAS PREPARED IN THE ARRAY CAMP AT THE BASE OF THE OCCUPIERS, UNTIL ITS PASSAGE TO THE JORDAN CAMP NEAR THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.

IN 1995, HE BECAME THE ONLY COMMANDER, SAMUEL RONEN, WHO ONCE FOUNDED THE FENCE 500. THE UNIT OPERATED, AS STATED, IN COOPERATION WITH THE AIR FORCE, MORTARS AND ARTILLERY FORCES IN FAVOR OF THE INTERCEPTION OF HEZBOLLAH SQUADS. UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE COMMANDER OF THE WEST BANK 36, THE ONLY CARTEL FOCUSED ON CAPABILITIES THAT WOULD SEPARATE IT FROM OTHER OBSERVATION UNITS AND COMPLETE THE CIRCLE OF THE SUFFOCATION – BY FIRING:

THE UNIT OPERATED FOR 4 YEARS AS A SECRET UNIT. IN THE DISASTER OF THE HELICOPTERS IN 1997, THREE COMBAT INTELLIGENCE FIGHTERS FELL, AND FROM THE UNIT OF NITZAN AND MK 869, WHICH LATER RESULTED IN THE EXPOSURE OF THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC.

FROM 1997 TO 1999, THE UNIT STOOD ON THE VERGE OF 10 COMBAT TEAMS AND TWO TEAMS IN TRAINING, WITH EACH TEAM HAVING VETERAN FIGHTERS ALONG WITH NEW ONES, TO PRODUCE LEARNING FROM THE MORE EXPERIENCED FIGHTERS. IN THESE YEARS, THE ONLY TEAMS HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE WORKING IN OPERATIONS DEEP IN THE AREA IN THE SECURITY ZONE, ALONG WITH THE AGOS UNIT AND OTHER UNITS. THE EMERGENCY WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE UNIT OF 29 CREWS – THE ONLY CREWS, AS WELL AS CREWS FROM A UNIT OF FISH, 5707, MK 869, CREWS FROM THE GOLANI BRIGADE AND MORE. THE UNIT WORKED IN BRACELETS TO THE NORTH COMMAND GENERAL AMIR AMIR LEVIN, WHO WAS SAID BY THE ONLY COMMANDER WHO WAS A COLLAR.

IN 1999, THE UNIT RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND A COMMENDATION FROM THE COMMANDER OF THE NORTHERN COMMAND ON ASHKENAZI AS A COMMANDING UNIT THAT YEAR. IN HER EARLY YEARS, THE ONLY ONE WORKED AT THE SAME TIME