Wounded Officer Promoted to Brigade Commander
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Lt. Col. Daniel Ella, who was wounded in Rafah, has been appointed commander of the 14th Reserve Brigade and promoted to Colonel. He had previously commanded the 52nd Battalion and returned to the role twice after other commanders were injured. The Chief of Staff also approved other brigade commander appointments, including Lt. Col. Yair Attias and two Nahal Brigade officers.
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- Lt. Col. Daniel Ella, wounded in Rafah, appointed commander of the 14th Reserve Brigade.
- Ella will be promoted to Colonel as part of a new wave of IDF brigade commander appointments.
- He previously commanded the 52nd Battalion and returned to the role multiple times after injuries.
- Lt. Col. Yahuda Shilo, who replaced Ella, was severely wounded in combat.
- Other appointments include Lt. Col. Yair Attias and two Nahal Brigade officers.
- The appointments were finalized by the IDF Chief of Staff.
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ella, who commanded the 52nd Battalion at the start of the war and was wounded in combat in Rafah, will be appointed commander of the 14th Reserve Brigade and promoted to the rank of Colonel. Ella, who led his soldiers in battles in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Swords of Iron War and sustained a moderate injury, is among a series of brigade commander appointments finalized by the Chief of Staff.
Ella had returned to command the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Brigade after his replacements were injured. He led his troops in Gaza and was wounded in Rafah in July 2024. Even after being wounded, he addressed his soldiers via radio, urging them to defeat the enemy and stating he would return from the hospital. Command of the battalion then passed to Lt. Col. Yahuda Shilo, who was severely wounded three months later. Ella, having recovered, returned to lead the battalion again, and later a third time due to another commander's severe injury in southern Lebanon.
Other appointments include Lt. Col. Yair Attias, who commanded the Shaked Battalion and was among the first responders to the Nova music festival massacre, becoming commander of the Gaza Division's Northern Brigade. Two Nahal Brigade battalion commanders will also be promoted: Lt. Col. Naor Buvlil, commander of the Nahal Commando Unit, will head the Benjamin Brigade in the Judea and Samaria Division, and Lt. Col. Oz Meshulam, commander of the 931st Battalion, will lead the 5th Reserve Brigade.