Battle of Wadi Saluki

Battle of Wadi Saluki
Part of the 2006 Lebanon War
Date 11–13 August 2006 (3 days) Location Bint Jbeil District, Ghandouriyeh, south of Litani River, Wadi Saluki, Lebanon Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Israel	Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Mickey Edelstein	Hassan Nasrallah Imad Mughniyeh
Units involved
Israeli Defence Forces 162nd Division, 401st Brigade Nahal Brigade 226th Paratroopers Brigade HaMachatz 605 battalion	Hezbollah troops in South Lebanon and anti tank squads
Strength
3,000 - 4,000 soldiers	Hezbollah troops around the Litani River
Casualties and losses
33 soldiers killed Several dozen injured Several armoured vehicles destroyed/damaged [1]	9 troops killed 1 captured (Hezbollah claim) 80 troops 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]