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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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.
Israel has announced that it has completed the demolition of important underground infrastructure built by Hezbollah, on the strategic ridge of Ali al-Taher, in southern Lebanon. (ANSA)
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday that the Army has destroyed the network of tunnels of the Shia militia party Hizbollah on the strategic crest of Ali Taher, in the Lebanese district of Nabatiye, after a week of operations to "clean up" the infrastructure. "According to the directives of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence (Israel Katz), the Israeli Army has destroyed the underground infrast…
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