Israel – Lebanon War

A Possible Order of Battle

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Israeli Forces

Beruit

Sidon

Tyre

UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) Zone

Golan Heights – Israeli Occupied

Bin Jubeil – Site of Hezbollah encirclement

Haifa

IDF’s Zarit Position

12 Jul – Site of Hezbollah’s cross-border raid with mortar and artillery strikes into Israel resulting in two IDF Soldiers

being kidnapped and three IDF Soldiers being killed. Sheba

Farms also attacked

Sheba Farms

0900 12 Jul – Hezbollah kidnaps two, kills three IDF

Soldiers

12 Jul – Israeli attempts to recover

Soldiers and five additional IDF

Soldiers are killed when tank hits mine

12 Jul – Israel shoots artillery at towns and IAF drops bridge at Al Qawzah to prevent Hezbollah from moving IDF Soldiers north

25 Jul - Paratroopers Land & Golani Battalion 51 encircle Bint Jbeil. 13 IDF Soldiers killed as Hezbollah

forces reinforced from the north along a route IDF forces kept open to allow civilians to escape the battle.

Up to 200 Hezbollah fighters killed in this battle

Latani River

The Western Sector running from the orchards and banana groves south of Tyre which includes the Palestinian Rashidiya refugee camp up to Mansoura, where Hizballah has concentrated a large force, and including Burj a-Shamali and Zabqine, southeast of Tyre. This large enclave of southwestern Lebanon is saturated with Hizballah rockets launchers of different types and fighting strength.

The Central Sector, which would entail the Israeli Bin Jubeil force heading north to take over Tebnine and deepening its thrust into South Lebanon up to 20 km from the Israeli border.

Source: DEBKAfile

The Eastern Sector, where Israeli forces would home in on Khiam on the road between the Israeli border town of Metula to the Lebanese village of Marjayoun which commands the Hatzbani River. From there, they way would be open to the Nabatiya plain and Hizballah’s main South Lebanon command center near the village of Taibe.

Sheba Farms

26 Jul – IDF overtake Khiam enroute to Hatzbaya to give depth to defense for Israeli units at Sheba Farms which was attacked by Hezbollah on 12 Jul after cross-border raid. Hezbollah fighters caught off-guard during attack on eastern sector.

Sheba Farms

UNDOF

25 Jul – IAF bombs UN Position in Khiam as Hezbollah is using the UN post as cover to fire its rockets