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Golani Infantry Regiment Branch of Service Flag (Armed Forces, Israel)

Hativat Golani

3:4 | 90 cm × 120 cm
image by Dov Gutterman

Description
Golani Patrol
- Golani Patrol Flags at African Lion 2025 maneuver
Golani Barak Battalion 12
Golani Brigade no. 1
Golani and Israel flags in Hamas parliament
Golani unit in Hamas Military Police HQ

See also:

Description

The flags are rectangular, 90 cm × 120 cm.
Nahum Shereshevsky, 23 June 1997

The regimental flag is based on the Infantry Branch of Service Flag and charged with the regimental emblem (olive tree) as seen in photo at www.golani.co.il [retrieved].
Dov Gutterman, 1 June 2003

Caption: "The 12 Golani Patrol unit soldiers and commanders representing Israel at 'African Lion 2023' in Morocco"; 5 June 2023. Flag inscription: "Golani Patrol" (סיירת גולני) (source, picture)
located by William Garrison, 7 June 2023

Golani Patrol Flags at African Lion 2025 maneuver

image located by William Garrison
(picture)

Israeli national flag with the Golani Patrol emblem in the upper hoist, and a regular Patrol Flag, likewise with the emblem and the inscription "Team East" (tsevet mizrah).

The cropped flag photo is from a Bosnian-Herzegovinian news report, translated as follows:

The US Africa Command said that about 10'000 military personnel from more than 40 countries are participating in their annual joint exercise with Morocco,
called "African Lion", and the exercise is taking place from April 14 to May 23 [2025]. Israeli troops are only taking part in the exercise in Morocco, although parts of
the exercise are also taking place in Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia. This is not the first time that the Israel Defense Forces have taken part in Exercise African Lion.
The Israeli military has not confirmed which other units are taking part in the exercise, but a photo circulating online yesterday shows that members of the
Golani Brigade's reconnaissance unit were at the exercise. (20.5.2025, source)

African Lion is the largest annual, joint, all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise in Africa, hosted by the U.S. Africa Command. This year's exercise involved over 10'000 participants from more than 20 nations, including NATO contingents, and took place across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia. The exercise focused on enhancing interoperability, building readiness, and strengthening regional security through various training scenarios, including field training exercises, airborne and amphibious operations, and live-fire demonstrations.

located by William Garrison, 13 July 2025

Golani Barak Battalion 12

image located by William Garrison

Flag inscription: "My Golani Barak Battalion 12" (גדוד ברק גולני שׁלי 12) (source, picture)
(barak = lightning)
located by William Garrison, 7 June 2023

Vertical variant

image located by William Garrison
(source)

Vertical flag of the 12th Golani Barak Battalion. Inscription: "My Golani [above] Barak Battalion [below]".
The red item on the tree is a lightning.
located by William Garrison, 29 July 2024

Golani Brigade no. 1

image located by William Garrison

Flag inscription: "My Golani Brigade number 1" (גולני שׁלי חטיבה םספר 1) (source)
located by William Garrison, 7 June 2023

Golani and Israel flags in Hamas parliament

image located by William Garrison

On 13 November 2023, Israeli Golani Brigade troops captured the Hamas parliament building in Gaza City. The photo shared from the soldiers shows the troops in the parliament waving Israeli flags and a yellow-green unit flag. One of the flags is a national flag with an olive tree, the symbol of the Brigade, in the center of the Star of David. The tree is part of several Golani Infantry troop flags (see this page).

Sources:
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-773089
https://www.timesofisrael.com...
https://www.youtube.com...

located by William Garrison, 14 November 2023

Golani unit in Hamas Military Police HQ

image located by William Garrison

Troops of the Golani Infantry Brigade, exactly the 13th "Gideon" Battalion, are reported to have captured the headquarters of Hamas' military police in the Gaza strip on Monday, 13th of November. The photo shows troops in a Hamas MP office, showing the flag of Israel and the Battalion flag. The unit flag is a yellow-green Brigade flag, defaced with a black olive tree surrounded by red wolves and the number 13 (The olive tree being the symbol of the Brigade). If we read correctly, the tree is framed by the Hebrew words "The silent wolves" (above) and "Operational" (below). The 13th Battalion suffered 41 killed (which are more fatalities than it suffered in the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War combined) and 91 wounded in the October 7 attacks. (picture, source)
William Garrison/Martin Karner, 15 November 2023