This is the order of battle of the Middle Eastern Crisis. It covers the major spillovers of the Gaza war, such as the Hezbollah–Israel conflict, Red Sea crisis, attacks on US bases during the Gaza war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Israeli invasion of Syria, and the 2025 Iran–Israel war.
Israel and allies Israeli forces
Northern Command 36th Division "Ga'ash" 1st Infantry Brigade "Golani" 12th Infantry Battalion "Barak" 13th Infantry Battalion "Gideon" 51st Infantry Battalion "HaBok'im HaRishon" 6th Infantry Brigade "Etzioni" 7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan" 77th Armored Battalion "Oz" 82nd Armored Battalion "Ga'ash"Sergeant Major (res.) Or Brandes, late 188th Armored Brigade "Barak" 53rd Armored Battalion "Sufa" 146th Division "Ha-Mapatz" 2nd Infantry Brigade "Carmeli" (reserve) 4th Armored Brigade "Kiryati" (reserve) 222nd Infantry Battalionהותר לפרסום: 5 לוחמים נהרגו בלבנון 9th Infantry Brigade "Oded"נתוני המילואים של צה"ל: אלו החטיבות שהשתתפו הכי הרבה בחרבות ברזל 205th Armored Brigade "Egrof HaBarzel" (reserve) 226th Paratroopers Brigade "Nesher" (reserve) 228th Infantry Brigade "Alon" (reserve) 5030th Infantry Battalion 91st Division "Galilee" 3rd Infantry Brigade "Alexandroni" (reserve) 300th Territorial Brigade "Bar'am" 769th Territorial Brigade "Hiram" Sahel Battalion 210th Division "Bashan" 474th Brigade "Golan" 679th Armored Brigade "Yiftach" (reserve) 810th Mountain Brigade "HeHarim" Southern Command 143rd Division "Fire Fox" 6643rd Territorial Brigade "Katif" 7643rd Territorial Brigade "Gefen" 585th Desert Reconnaissance Battalion 162nd Armored Division "Ha-Plada" 84th Infantry Brigade "Givati" 424th Infantry Battalion "Shaked" 432nd Infantry Battalion "Tzabar" 435th Infantry Battalion "Rotem" 401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot haBarzel" 9th Armored Battalion "Eshet" 46th Armored Battalion "Shelah" 52nd Armored Battalion "Ha Bok'im" 933rd Infantry Brigade "Nahal" 931st Infantry Battalion "Shaham" 932nd Infantry Battalion "Granite" Division Signal Battalion "Afik" 80th Division "Edom" 460th Armored Brigade "Bnei Or" 512th Territorial Brigade "Paran" 33rd Border Infantry Battalion "Caracal" 277th Border Infantry Battalion "Cheetah" 252nd Division "Sinai" (reserve) 10th Armored Brigade "Harel" (reserve) 12th Infantry Brigade "Negev" (reserve) 16th Infantry Brigade "Jerusalem" (reserve) 8119th Battalion "Halamish" LOTAR EilatReserves officer killed by sniper fire in north Gaza fighting Central Command 99th Infantry Division "Ha'Bazak" (reserve) 5th Infantry Brigade "HaSharon" Yehonatan Battalion 11th Infantry Brigade "Yiftach" (reserve) 8679th unit 88th Multidimensional Unit 646th Paratroopers Brigade "Shualei Marom" (reserve) 900th Infantry Brigade "Kfir" 97th Infantry Battalion "Netzah Yehuda" 98th Paratroopers Division "Ha-Esh" 35th Paratroopers Brigade 101st Paratroopers Battalion "Fatan" 202nd Paratroopers Battalion "Tzapa" 890th Paratroopers Battalion "Ef'a" 55th Paratroopers Brigade "Hod Ha-Hanit" (reserve) 89th Commando Brigade "Oz" Unit 212 "Maglan" Unit 217 "Duvdevan" Unit 621 "Egoz" 551st Paratroopers Brigade "Hetzei HaEsch" (reserve) Unit 5515 877th Territorial Division "Judea and Samaria" 431st Territorial Brigade "Menashe"מפקד חטיבת מנשה נפצע באורח קל מפיצוץ מטען בטול כרם 636th Field Intelligence Battalion "Nitzan" 421st Territorial Brigade "Ephraim" Home Front Command Jerusalem and Central District Division Rescue & Training Brigade 498th Search & Rescue Battalion "Shahar" 894th Search & Rescue Battalion "Tavor" Southern District Division 6050th Infantry Brigade "Daniel" Personnel Directorate Military Police Corps Adjutant Corps Infantry Corps 261st Infantry Brigade 646th "Hamarom" Brigade 828th Infantry Brigade "Bislamach" 17th Infantry Battalion "Golan Lions" Combat Engineering Corps Special Operations Engineering Unit "Yahalom" 601st Combat Engineering Battalion "Asaf" 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion "Lahav" 605th Combat Engineering Battalion "HaMahatz" 749th Combat Engineering Battalion 801st Engineering Corps Command Unit "JP Khan North" 802nd Engineering Corps Command Unit "JP Khan Center" 7064th Engineering Mechanical Equipment Battalion "Tsma/Al-Sahl" 8170th Combat Engineering Battalion "Ghidhan" Combat Intelligence Collection Corps 414th Field Intelligence Battalion "Nesher" 869th Field Intelligence Battalion "Shahaf" Logistics Corps Artillery Corps 213th Artillery Brigade "HaTkuma" (reserve) 7042nd Battalion 215th Artillery Brigade "Amud ha-Esh" 282nd Artillery Brigade "Uzbet Golan" 454th Artillery Brigade "Tabor" (reserve) Doher Battalion Unit 5252 "Zik" Armored Corps 8th Armored Brigade "HaZaken" (reserve) 9212th Battalion 14th Armored Brigade "Machatz" (reserve) 179th Armored Brigade "Re'em" (reserve) Medical Corps Oketz Unit
Ramat David Air Wing 101 Squadron 109 Squadron 193 Squadron "Defenders of West" Palmachim Air Wing 123 Squadron "Desert Birds" 124 Squadron "Rolling Swords" 147 Squadron "Goring Ram" 166 Squadron "Fire Birds" Ramon Air Wing 119 Squadron "Bats" 190 Squadron "Magic Touch" Nevatim Air Wing 120 Squadron "Desert Giants" 122 Squadron "Naschon" 131 Squadron "Yellow Birds" Sdot Micha Air Wing Tel Nof Air Wing 118 Squadron "Night Birds""Yas'ur #985 "Condor"" 71(from Hebrew). sky-high.co.il. 133 Squadron 210 Squadron "White Eagle" Hatzerim Air Wing 69 Squadron "Hammers" 107 Squadron Equipment and Technical Wing Unit 324 "Ofek" Special Forces Wing Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669 Unit 5101 "Shaldag"Testimonies from Be’eri massacre expose deep trauma predating Israel’s creation . Retrieved 10 October 2023. Unit 5700 "YAHAK" Air Defense Command 66th David's Sling Battalion 136th Arrow Battalion 137th Iron Dome Battalion 138th MIM-104 Patriot Battalion 139th Iron Dome Battalion 947th Iron Dome Battalion
Southern Arena 11th Flotilla 916th Patrol Squadron Snapir unit Altit Arena 13th Flotilla Northern Arena 3rd Flotilla
INS AtzmautCommanding three fronts simultaneously: Navy commander describes war from a battleship INS Nitzachon INS HerevHistoric operation: IDF ship cmdr. speaks about attack on Syrian Navy 7th FlotillaIsraeli Navy submarines join ground forces in deadly strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon Underwater Missions Unit Red Sea Arena Home Front Command Military Intelligence Directorate Unit 504 Unit 8200Surveillance soldiers warned of Hamas activity on Gaza border for months before October 7, Times of Israel. Accessed 3 February 2024. General Staff Reconnaissance Unit Unit 9900 Ministry of Defense COGAT Israel Police Southern District ZAKA Lahav 433 Unit 33 "Gideon" Yasam Israel Prison Service Metzada UnitBlack Sabbath Israel Border Police MGB Southern Command Yamam Yamas Tactical Division Israeli Intelligence Community Mossad Shin Bet Israeli armed citizens Kibbutz and moshav emergency standby squads Settler militants Lehava Tsav 9 Hashomer Yosh
Non-Israeli forces
CENTCOM
NAVCENT Fifth Fleet Carrier Strike Group 2 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Aircraft carrier) USS Philippine Sea (Cruiser) USS Carney (Destroyer) USS Laboon (Destroyer) USS Mason (Destroyer) USS Thomas Hudner (Destroyer) USS Arleigh Burke (Destroyer) USS Bataan (Amphibious assault ships) USS Florida (Submarine) United States Pacific Fleet Third Fleet Carrier Strike Group 3Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Back Home After Pacific, Middle East Deployment USS Abraham Lincoln (Aircraft Carrier) USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (Destroyer) USS Stockdale (Destroyer) USS Spruance (Destroyer) USS O'Kane (Destroyer) USS Michael Murphy (Destroyer) Carrier Strike Group 9 USS Theodore Roosevelt (Aircraft Carrier) USS Daniel Inouye (Destroyer) USS Russell (Destroyer) USS Halsey (Destroyer) USFFC Carrier Strike Group 8Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group In Middle East USS Harry S. Truman (Aircraft Carrier) USS Stout (Destroyer) USS Jason Dunham (Destroyer) USS Gravely (Destroyer) USS Cole (Destroyer) USS Gettysburg (Destroyer) USS Georgia (Submarine)משחתות, טייסות וטילים חכמים: כוח האש העצום שמפעילה ארה"ב בתימן United States Naval Air Forces Carrier Air Wing One Strike Fighter Squadron 11 F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 136 F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 143 F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 81 F/A-18E Super Hornet Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126 E-2D Hawkeye Electronic Attack Squadron 144 EA-18G Growler Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 C-2A Greyhound Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 11 MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 MH-60R Seahawk Carrier Air Wing Three Strike Fighter Squadron 32 F/A-18 Super Hornets Strike Fighter Squadron 83 F/A-18 Super Hornets Strike Fighter Squadron 105 F/A-18 Super Hornets Strike Fighter Squadron 131 F/A-18 Super Hornets Electronic Attack Squadron 130 EA-18G Growler Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 E-2C Hawkeye Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74 MH-60R Seahawk Carrier Air Wing Nine Strike Fighter Squadron 14 F/A-18E Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 41 F/A-18F Super Hornet Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 F-35C Lightning II Strike Fighter Squadron 151 F/A-18E Super Hornet Electronic Attack Squadron 133 EA-18G Growler Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 E-2 Hawkeye Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71 MH-60R Seahawk United States Naval Special Warfare Command United States Navy SEALs
Air Force Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force 509th Bomb Wing 131st Bomb Wing One KC-135 Stratotanker MQ-9 Reapers United States Marine Corps II Marine Expeditionary Force 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Aircraft Group 14 McDonnell Douglas Harriers United States Coast Guard Central Intelligence Agency
HMS Diamond (Destroyer) HMS Duncan (Destroyer) HMS Richmond (Frigate) HMS Lancaster (Frigate)
RAF Akrotiri No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing Four RAF Typhoon fighters Two Voyager KC2s
SLNS Gajabahu (Armed patrol vessel)
Hellenic Navy (Frigate) (Frigate)
(Frigate)
(Frigate) (Joint support ship) Netherlands Naval Aviation Service One NH90 One Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
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French Navy (Frigate) (Frigate) (Frigate) Chevalier Paul (Frigate) French Naval Aviation Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopters French Air and Space Force Base aérienne 188 Djibouti "Colonel Emile Massart" 311 Corsican Squadron Dassault Mirage 2000
(Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Frigate) (Frigate)
Einsatzflottille 2 (Frigate) Marineflieger One Westland Lynx
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40th Squadron One NH90
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(intelligence support) Popular Forces Counter Terrorism Service (Gaza) Popular Army – Northern Forceshttps://mondoweiss.net/2025/10/exclusive-new-hamas-crackdown-on-gaza-militias-will-be-largest-yet-security-source-says/ Popular Army in Rafah (Free Homeland Forces) Popular Defense Forces – Khalil al-Wazir Battalion Fatah-affiliated groups Counter-Terrorism Strike Force Shuja'iyya Popular Defense Forces Al-Mujaida clan (until Oct. 2025)
Inside Iran
Iranian opposition Anti-government demonstrators Student demonstrators Police and military defectors Armed civilians Political groups: Iran National Council (INC) Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Solidarity for a Secular Democratic Republic in Iran Separatist groups: Kurdish separatists Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Kurdistan Freedom Party Kurdistan Free Life Party Xebat Komalah