What the records say
- When
- Sep 1997
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.41° N, 35.28° E
- Description
- 1997 ambush in Lebanon
Ansariya ambush
1997 ambush in Lebanon
The Ansariya ambush took place during the conflict between the Israel Defense Forces occupying South Lebanon and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, the armed wing of the Hezbollah movement. A 16-man force 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.
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