Operation Sath Jaya
Part ofSri Lankan Civil War
Date June to September 1996 Location Northern Province,Sri Lanka Result Sri Lankan Military victory
Belligerents
Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
GeneralRohan Daluwatte	Velupillai Prabhakaran
Units involved
Sri Lanka Armed Forces Sri Lanka Army Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion of the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment Commando Regiment 1st Commando Regiment 2nd Commando Regiment Sinha Regiment Special Forces Regiment Light Infantry Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Jeyanthan Brigade

Operation Sath Jaya (Sinhalese:Operation True Victory) was the military offensive carried out by theSri Lankan Armed Forces in July to September 1996 to recapture the town ofKilinochchi from theLTTE. The army launched the offensive from its base inElephant Pass in June in response toBattle of Mullaitivu in which the 25 Brigade of the army was overrun at its base in the town ofMullaitivu resulting in the deaths of over 2,000 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personal. Units of theSri Lanka Army fought its way south from Elephant Pass along theA9 highway to Kilinochchi which it was able to recapture in September.^[1][2][3] The LTTErecaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.^[4][5]

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