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Battle of Ben Guerdane | |||||||
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Part of the ISIL insurgency in Tunisia and the spillover of the Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) | |||||||
![]() Security forces during the attack. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Various |
![]() ![]() ![]() (Minister of National Defense) ![]() (Army Chief of Staff) ![]() (Senior police official) ![]() (Head of counter-terrorism department) ![]() ![]() (Local anti-terror security chief)† | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~100 fighters[3][4] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35-55 killed 52 captured[4][5] |
13 killed 14 wounded[4] | ||||||
7 civilians killed 3 civilians wounded[4] | |||||||
† Head of counter-terrorism division assassinated in home by militants.[2] |
The Battle of Ben Guerdane occurred on March 7, 2016, in the city of Ben Gardane in Tunisia on the border with Libya. Islamic State forces attempted to seize the city, but were repulsed by the Tunisian military. The clashes continued also on 8 and 9 of March in the area.
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