The Israel Defense Forces91st Division, known also as the Galil Formation, is a regional division in the Israeli Northern Command, responsible for the front with Lebanon, from Rosh Hanikra to Mount Hermon. It is currently commanded by Brigadier-General Gal Hirsch. The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ... The Northern Command of the Israel Defense Forces has as its mission the maintenance of peace in the north of Israel and the Galil (Galilee) region. ... Rosh Hanikra Grottos Rosh Hanikra Grottos Rosh Hanikra is a geologic formation on the Mediterranean Coast in western Galilee, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. ... Mount Hermon (top of photo) supplies the bulk of the Jordan River water Mount Hermon (Arabic: Jabalu sh-Shaykh) is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon range, on the border between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. ...
The Division cleared its personnel ineligibile for overseas service and received the necessary replacements: it requisitioned equipment and issued it to the units concerned, furloughs were granted to those eligible, security was maintained, the physical fibre of the men was tested - corrected when possible - by the Division Surgeon.
The formal amphibious training of the 91stDivision was completed on 31 May. The next day it began preparing for a mock invasion of the Arzew beaches as the finale to its training and as the prelude to its movement to the Italian front.
The Division's mission was to seize the Port of Arzew and the airport at the town of Renan.
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