Bislamach Brigade

The School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders is the IDF body responsible for the training of all the Infantry Corps squad commanders and platoon sergeants.

Established in 1974 under the command of Yaakov Hasdai, the school comprises three operative battalions (17th, 906th, and 450th), ordinarily used for training, and during wars or emergencies (such as during the Yom Kippur War) as fully operational combat force, or as reinforcements. Since 2006 these battalions are the 828 Brigade (formerly the 772 Brigade), referred to as the Bislamach Brigade (formerly called Bislach Brigade). Bislamach is a Hebrew abbreviation of School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders (Hebrew: Beit HaSefer LiMfakdei Kitot UMiktzo'ot Heil HaRaglim).

The brigade has three bases are located in the Negev.

Before Operation Rainbow, during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the brigade’s soldiers participated in searching the Philadelphi Route for the bodies of the soldiers from the Sayeret Yahalom, who were killed during the armoured personnel carrier disaster of May 11–12, 2004. They also took part in the Gaza disengagement plan, and afterwards, were the first to hold the border with the Gaza Strip.