Harel Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת הראל‎, Hativat Harel) is a reserve brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, today part of the Northern Command. It played a critical role in the 1948 Palestine war, also known as "Israel's War of Independence." It's one of the former divisions of the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah, that remains in the Israeli Defense Forces.