Operation Sath Jaya (Sinhala: Sath Jaya, "True Victory") was a military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces from July to September 1996 to recapture the town of Kilinochchi from the LTTE. The army launched the offensive from its base at Elephant Pass in response to the Battle of Mullaitivu, in which the army's 25 Brigade was overrun at its base in the town of Mullaitivu, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personnel. Units of the Sri Lanka Army fought their way south from Elephant Pass along the A9 highway to Kilinochchi, which they were able to recapture in September.[1][2][3] The LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998.[4][5]
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