Battle of Ben Guerdane

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Battle of Ben Guerdane
Part of the ISIL insurgency in Tunisia and the spillover of the Libyan Civil War (2014–2020)
Security forces during the attack.
Date 7–9 March 2016 (2 days) Location Ben Gardane, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia Result Tunisian victory
Belligerents
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia)[1]	Tunisia Tunisian Army Tunisian National Guard Police Force and Customs Officials[2]
Commanders and leaders
Various	Habib Essid Beji Caid Essebsi Farhat Horchani (Minister of National Defense) General Ismaïl Fathali (Army Chief of Staff) Samir Naqi[2] (Senior police official) Mohamed Maali[2] (Head of counter-terrorism department) Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir  [1][2] (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.