Israel says it destroyed Hezbollah underground complex at Lebanon's Ali al-Taher
The military said the network stretched more than 2 kilometers and held rockets, missiles and drones, along with a Hezbollah command center.
- On Thursday, the IDF destroyed a massive Hezbollah tunnel network at the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, completing Israel's operational control of the strategic site above and below ground.
- Hezbollah built the extensive underground infrastructure at the Ali Taher Ridge over two decades using Iranian funding, creating a staging base with fire dominance over Metula and Kiryat Shmona.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the site as "strategic terror infrastructure" in a joint statement, while Katz announced last week that Hezbollah fighters had been killed or fled.
- Reuters reported earlier this month that Iran warned the United States against an Israeli attack on the ridge; there was no immediate comment from Lebanon or Hezbollah regarding the destruction.
- Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold their latest round of US-backed talks in Rome later this month, as the demolition follows weeks of fighting marking a major escalation.
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The Israeli Army (IDF) dynamized the recently captured underground fortifications of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Thursday, causing a shock so strong that it was detected by seismic monitoring agencies, France Presse broadcasts. Article 4.1 earthquake after bombing! Seismographs announced earthquake after Israeli bombings in Lebanon appears first in Romania TV.
Israel has used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to blow up one of Hezbollah’s largest underground military infrastructures in southern Lebanon. The network of tunnels, more than two kilometers long, housed, according to the Israeli army, a Badr unit command center, weapons stores, missiles and drones. The detonation was so powerful that the United States Geological Survey has registered a 4.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Lebanon.
Israel destroys massive Iranian-linked tunnel outpost in Lebanon
The IDF said it used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to demolish two Hezbollah tunnel systems beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon. The tunnels, which stretched for more than 1.2 miles, reportedly contained Iranian-made rockets, missiles and drones, as well as firearms, anti-tank weapons, mines and other explosives. According to the IDF,...
Israel announced that it had destroyed a major underground base of the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. In doing so, the Israeli army set off an explosion so powerful that it caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1.
Blast shakes Southern Lebanon as Israel destroys underground Hezbollah base
BEIRUT — A huge explosion sent shock waves across southern Lebanon overnight, as the Israeli military said it had destroyed an underground Hezbollah base in a strategically significant area of Israel’s conflict with the Iran-backed militia.
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