Jezzin

After an Israeli blocking force joins combat with the Syrians, and Israeli armored brigade moves in to capture Jezzin and secure the Israeli flank. The Syrians, unknown to the Israelis, had reinforced the town's defenders during the night.

1982-06-08

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After an Israeli blocking force joins combat with the Syrians, and Israeli armored brigade moves in to capture Jezzin and secure the Israeli flank. The Syrians, unknown to the Israelis, had reinforced the town's defenders during the night.

Jezzin, Lebanon

The Battle of Jezzine was fought on June 8, 1982 between the Israeli Army and the Syrian Army in the Lebanese town of Jezzine. It was the first battle between Israel and Syria in the 1982 Lebanon War. It resulted in Israel capturing the town. Jezzine was considered strategically important due to its location near a junction in which one road passed through the town and led to the southern Beqaa Valley and the other led north to Jebel Baruk, passing west of Lake Qaraoun. Menachem Einan's division was driving down a road that ended in a fork west of Jezzine and had to pass through the town. Control of both the town and the junction would have given the IDF access to the southern Beqaa Valley from the west. The Syrian 424th Infantry Battalion was stationed in the town. On June 7, Syria detected an Israeli division advancing north and sent several commando companies and a tank battalion to ambush the Israelis on their way to Jezzine.

Wikipedia: Battle of Jezzine

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