First Battle of Benghazi

BelligerentsLibyan Arab JamahiriyaCommanders and leadersAbdul Fatah Younis (last day)Al-Saadi GaddafiStrength 10,000 Khamis Brigade
Fadheel Brigade
Tariq Brigade
325 mercenariesCasualties and lossesBenghazi:
110–257 killed
9 missing
Bayda:
63 killed
Derna:
29 killed
Rebel soldiers:
130 killed
Total:
332–479 killed
9 missing
3 T-54/55 tanks or IFVs destroyed 163 killed
236 captured
3 T-54/55 tanks or IFVs destroyed

The First Battle of Benghazi was fought between army units and militiamen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces in February 2011 during the Libyan Civil War. The battle mainly took place in Benghazi, the second-largest city in Libya, with related clashes occurring in the nearby Cyrenaican cities of Bayda and Derna. In Benghazi itself most of the fighting occurred during a siege of the government-controlled Katiba compound.