Battle of Wadi Saluki | |||||||
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Part of the 2006 Lebanon War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Israel | Hezbollah | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mickey Edelstein | Imad Mughniyeh | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Hezbollah troops in South Lebanon and anti tank squads | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 - 4,000 | Hezbollah troops around the Litani River | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
33 killed, Several dozen injured, several vehicles destroyed/damaged [1] |
9 killed, 1 captured (Hezbollah claim) 80 killed, Several dozen injured (Israeli claim)[1] |
The Battle of Wadi Saluki also known as the Battle of Wadi al-Hujeir was a battle within the framework of Operation Change of Direction 11 that took place at the end of the Second Lebanon War between the armored forces of the 162nd Division, 401st Brigade, and infantry of the Nahal Brigade and the Combat Engineering Corps and Hezbollah fighters, in the area of river Saluki and the villages of Ghanduriyah and Faron. The battle is considered one of the hardest-fought battles in the Second Lebanon War.[2]