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Ansariya ambush | |||||||
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Part of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
16 commandos from Naval Special Operations unit, Shayetet 13 | 20 fighters from local Hezbollah militia and back-up units from Amal militia and Lebanese army | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12 IDF soldiers killed | 2 fighters lightly wounded[1] | ||||||
A Lebanese woman and a young girl killed[2] |
The Ansariya ambush took place during the conflict between the Israel Defense Forces occupying South Lebanon and the Hezbollah. A unit from the Israeli Navy’s special operation unit, Shayetet 13, on a mission in South Lebanon in 1997, stumbled into a deadly ambush by Hezbollah, an internationally recognized terrorist organization. Twelve Israeli soldiers were killed, which was the worst Israeli single-day casualty toll in Lebanon since 1985.