The Operation Changing Direction 11 was the final push by the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended 3 days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a major force entering Lebanon that salients of reached as far as the Litani river, and aimed to clear the area of Southern Lebanon of Hezbollah militants as best as possible before the ceasefire began.
The operation began on August 11...
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The Operation Changing Direction 11 was the final push by the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended 3 days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a major force entering Lebanon that salients of reached as far as the Litani river, and aimed to clear the area of Southern Lebanon of Hezbollah militants as best as possible before the ceasefire began.
The operation began on August 11 with 30,000 Israeli troops.
20 IDF soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured in heavy clashes on the ground on August 12 with Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon, after Israel dramatically expanded its ground operation in the area. Hezbollah said that they destroyed 21 Israeli tanks, but Israel confirmed that only two tanks were totally destroyed by anti-tank missiles. Also an Israeli transport helicopter was shot down in the Maryamein valley near the village of Yater, and other helicopters scrambled to the area to try to rescue the crew,...
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