Israel Plans Space Brigade at IDF General Staff After 50,000 Wartime Images

The IDF is preparing to establish a dedicated Space Brigade at its General Staff, elevating space operations from an Air Force directorate to a peer warfighting domain. The push follows the 2026 Iran campaign, during which satellites Ofek 13 and Ofek 19 delivered over 50,000 images to targeting cells — nearly four times the 12,000 collected in the June 2025 operation.

• Ofek 13 and Ofek 19 SAR satellites delivered 50,000 images during the 2026 Iran campaign
• The June 2025 operation collected 12,000 images — four times fewer
• The brigade would be led by a brigadier general and report directly to the General Staff
• Space became the 12th pillar of Chief of Staff Zamir's five-year Hoshen plan