The Operation Change of Direction 11 was the final offensive operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended three days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a tripling of Israeli forces inside Lebanon and aimed at encircling Hizbullah forces in south Lebanon.
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| - The Operation Change of Direction 11 was the final offensive operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended three days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a tripling of Israeli forces inside Lebanon and aimed at encircling Hizbullah forces in south Lebanon.
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| - Operation Change of Direction
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| causalties
| - 34 killed
- 1 helicopter downed,
- 20+ vehicles damaged and immobilized
- 447 IDF wounded,
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- Israel Defense Forces
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| - IDF captures 16 sectors in Southern Lebanon
- IDF fails to seize objectives.
- End of the war and Israeli withdrawal underUN Security Council Resolution 1701
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| - (Pillar of Fire Formation)
- (The Fire Formation)
- (The Galilee Formation)
- (The Steel Formation)
- (south of the Litani river)
- * Nasr Bridgade SF (Special Forces)
- * Village mobilization units
- *162nd Armored Division
- *366th Division
- *91st Division
- *98th Paratrooper Division
- 1,000 in area
- 30,000 inside Lebanon
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