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Sath Jaya
Part of Sri Lankan Civil War
DateJune to September 1996
LocationNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Result Sri Lankan Military victory
Belligerents

Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army

Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Navy
Tamil Eelam Flag Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the Sri Lankan Army General Rohan Daluwatte Tamil Eelam Flag Velupillai Prabhakaran



Operation Sath Jaya (Sinhalese: Operation True Victory) was the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in July to September 1996 to recapture the town of Kilinochchi from the LTTE. The army launched the offensive from its base in Elephant Pass in June in response to Battle of Mullaitivu in which the 25 Brigade of the army was overrun at its base in the town of Mullaitivu resulting in the deaths of over 2,000 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personal. Units of the Sri Lanka Army fought its way south from Elephant Pass along the A9 highway to Kilinochchi which it was able to recapture in September.[1][2][3] The LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.[4][5]

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