Battle of Bin Jawad

30°48′3″N 18°5′11″E / 30.80083°N 18.08639°E / 30.80083; 18.08639

Battle of Bin Jawad
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date6 March 2011
Location
Bin Jawad, Libya
Result Pro-Gaddafi victory[1]
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libya Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Libya Abdul Fatah Younis Libya Muammar Gaddafi
Strength
500-1,000[2] 1,500[3]
Casualties and losses
12[4]-60[5] killed
700 missing*[6]
60 wounded[2]		 at least 1 killed[7]
1 helicopter shot down[8]
*170 of the 700 missing were found in a mass grave in December 2011[9]

The Battle of Bin Jawad took place in early March 2011 during the Libyan Civil War between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces for control of the town of Bin Jawad.

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  9. ^ Libya holds funeral for 170 bodies found in largest civil war mass grave