Later, it oversaw the occupation of the southern Golan Heights.After the war, from 1969 to 1972, the division was led by Aluf Shmuel Gonen (Gorodish).During the Yom Kippur War of October 1973, the division fought in the defensive battles over the northern Golan, and afterwards broke deeper into Syrian territory.During Operation Litani, Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1978, the division fought on the eastern front.During the 1982 Lebanon War, it fought on the central front, proceeding along the coastal route to Beirut.