Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa Givati a watan Disamba na 1947 kuma an sanya shi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Shimon Avidan. A farkon yakin Palasdinu na 1948, an tuhumi brigade da ayyukan a yankin tsakiyar Isra'ila, tare da shiga cikin ayyukan "Hametz", "Barak" da "Pleshet". Yayin da yakin ya shiga mataki na biyu
, Givati ya zama Brigade na 5, ya koma kudu, kuma ya mai da hankali musamman a kusa da Gedera, Gan Yavne da Be'er Tuvia. Bataliya ɗaya ta yi yaƙi a gaban Urushalima, tana shiga cikin Operation Nachshon da Battles of Latrun.