Israel says it destroyed Hezbollah underground complex at Lebanon's Ali al-Taher
The network stretched more than 2 kilometers and held rockets, missiles and drones, Israeli officials said.
- 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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Iran has warned the US of this move, and now Israel has not only taken an underground Hezbollah base in southern Lebanon, but has apparently destroyed it, even the US Earthquake Observatory USGS.
The images broadcast by Israel show a large explosion and a huge fireball going up to the sky. The tremor was felt by many of the region's inhabitants.
Israel said on Thursday it had destroyed key tunnels built by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group under the strategically important Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the area.
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pmo.eeIsrael announced on Thursday that it had completed the demolition of key underground infrastructure built by the Iranian-backed extremist group Hezbollah in the strategic Ali al-Taher mountain range in southern Lebanon.
According to Israel, the militia's infrastructure was completely destroyed during the strategically important elevation campaign called Ali al-Taher.
Arms camps, living rooms and a command centre - everything under the ground: Israel destroys important infrastructure of the Iran-based Hezbollah militia. The shocks caused by the action in southern Lebanon can be felt even in Beirut.
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