Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te 7th Armored Brigade (, "Hativa Sheva") he hanganga hoia o te Israel Defense Forces (IDF). I hangaia i te wa o te Pakanga o Arapi-Israeli 1948, a kei te mahi tonu, koinei te roopu patu patu patu tawhito i roto i te IDF. He hononga hītori ki te Brigade Hurai o mua, i whakaarahia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whai wāhi te rārangi nei ki ngā pakanga katoa a Iharaira. I nga Pakanga o Latrun
I te tau 1948, ko te 3rd Alexandroni me te 7th Brigades i mate tahi i te 139. I whawhai i te Pakanga Ono-Ra i raro i te whakahau a Colonel Shmuel Gonen (Gorodish). I te Pakanga Yom Kippur, i raro i te whakahau a Colonel Avigdor Ben-Gal, i tu ia i te raina paruru o te raki o te Golan Heights (te tohatoha i te paruru me te Barak Armored Brigade), i reira i angitu ai te whakaeke i nga whakaeke taumaha na nga ope nui o Hiria.