Battle of Bani Walid

Battle of Bani Walid
Part of 2011 Libyan Civil War

Fighters arrive from around the region to join the NTC push into Bani Walid
Date8–30 September 2011
(3 weeks and 1 day) (First phase)
9–17 October 2011
(1 week and 1 day) (Second phase)
Location
Bani Walid, Libya
Result

Pro-Gaddafi victory (First phase)
Anti-Gaddafi victory (Second phase)

Belligerents

Libya National Transitional Council

NATO NATO command[1]

Libya Gaddafi Loyalists

Commanders and leaders
Libya Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak †[2]
Libya Musa Yunis[3]		 Libya Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[4]
Strength
5,000 fighters[5]
150 technicals		 2,000 fighters[6]
Several dozen technicals and BM-21 Grad launchers[7][8]
Casualties and losses
85–91 killed[9]
215–231 wounded[10]		 7–9 killed (In September, October casualties unknown)[11]
315–317 captured (NTC claim)[12]
19–22 civilians killed[13]

The Battle of Bani Walid was a military operation in the Libyan Civil War conducted by anti-Gaddafi forces in September and October 2011, in an effort to take control of the desert city of Bani Walid from pro-Gaddafi forces. It began following days of force buildup on the part of the attackers, as well as skirmishes around the city.

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  5. ^ Al-Shalchi, Hadeel (5 September 2011). "Libya: Rebels Converge on Bani Walid". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  6. ^ Golovnina, Maria (3 September 2011). "Gaddafi loyalists holding out". The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
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  9. ^ 1 [1]-2 [2][permanent dead link] killed (9 September), 4 killed (10 September),[3] Archived 13 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 5 killed (11 September),[4] 7 killed (12 September),[5] 6 [6] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine-11 [7] killed (16 September), 2 killed (18 September),[8][permanent dead link], 4 killed (19 September),[9] 4 killed (21 September),[10][11] Archived 25 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2 killed (25 September),[12] Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine 4 killed (27 September),[13] 11 killed (28 September),[14] 1 killed (30 September),[15] Archived 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine 2 killed (5 October),[16] 17 killed (10 October),[17] 9 killed (14 October),[18] 3 killed (16 October),[19] 3 killed (17 October),[20][permanent dead link] total of 85–91 reported killed
  10. ^ 3 wounded (9 September),[21] 26 wounded (10 September),[22] Archived 13 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 14 wounded (11 September),[23] 54 [24] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine-70 [25] wounded (16 September), 15 wounded (18 September),[26][permanent dead link] 6 wounded (21 September),[27][28] Archived 25 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 11 wounded (27 September),[29] 6 wounded (30 September),[30] Archived 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine 80 wounded (10 October),[31] total of 215–231 reported wounded
  11. ^ 1 killed (8 September),[32] 3–5 killed (9 September),[33] 2 killed (10 September),[34] 1 killed (18 September),[35][permanent dead link] total of 7–9 reported killed
  12. ^ Al-Shalchi, Hadeel (10 September 2011). "Libyan fighters say they're fighting in town of Bani Walid, one of Gadhafi's last bastions". Global TV. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  13. ^ 4–5 killed (9 September),[36] Archived 4 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 2 killed (11 September; unconfirmed),[37] 15 killed (16–24 September),[38][dead link] total of 19–22 reported killed