Israel Says Destroyed Key Hezbollah Tunnels in South Lebanon
Netanyahu and Katz said the site was built with Iranian funding and used as a staging base for attacks on northern Israel.
- 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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IDF used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to destroy eight fortified underground routes on the strategic southern Lebanon ridge; military says complex was built with Iranian assistance and served as a key Hezbollah command and weapons hub
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Nieuws.nlBEIRUT (ANP/AFP) - Israel claims to have destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel complex in southern Lebanon. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it involved "important underground infrastructure" that had been built over the past two decades. The complex was located near the Ali al-Ta... hill.
This Israeli army operation was intended to complete "the establishment of the security zone" in the south of the country, according to a joint communiqué of Benyamin Netanyahu and his defence minister, Israel Katz.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = On the night of the 10th (local time), the Israeli military [attacked] the pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah's ... located underground on Ali Taher Hill in southern Lebanon
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