Editing Nahal (section)

{{Short description|Israel Defense Forces program}}
{{About||the landform|wadi|the toponymic term|Glossary of Hebrew toponyms#Nahal}}

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[[File:Nahalyouth.png|thumb|Nahal Symbol]]
[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Officers from the Nahal Infantry Brigade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nahal soldiers]]

'''Nahal''' ({{langx|he|נח"ל}}) (acronym of ''Noar Halutzi Lohem'', lit. Fighting Pioneer Youth<ref name="jstor"/>) is a program that combines military service with mostly social welfare and [[informal education]] projects such as youth movement activities, as well as training in entrepreneurship in urban development areas. Prior to the 1990s it was a [[paramilitary]] [[Israel Defense Forces]] program that combined [[military service]] and the [[Nahal settlement|establishment of agricultural settlements]], often in peripheral areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel – NAHAL Brigade |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/nahal_brigade.htm |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

The [[Nahal group]]s of soldiers formed the core of the [[Nahal Brigade|Nahal Infantry Brigade]].