Troops from the 401st Brigade located an underground shaft and a weapons warehouse containing rockets and mortars in the At-Tiri area of southern Lebanon, the IDF said. In a separate operation in Maroun al-Ras, reservists of the Yiftach Brigade discovered explosives, firearms and additional combat equipment. The military says the weapons were intended for Hezbollah attacks against Israeli forces.
The IDF reported further weapons finds in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, as the 401st Brigade and reservists of the Yiftach Brigade (679) uncovered additional caches in operations near the villages of At-Tiri and Maroun al-Ras. According to the military's update at 15:11 Jerusalem, the 401st located an underground shaft and a weapons warehouse containing rockets and mortars in the At-Tiri area; separately, Yiftach troops found explosives, firearms, and other combat equipment in Maroun al-Ras. The IDF stated the arms were intended for Hezbollah attacks against Israeli forces.
This is the desk's fourth update on the same operation. The 401st Brigade's find at At-Tiri was first reported by The Zioneer at 15:11 Jerusalem, shortly before the Yiftach discovery was noted. The overall clearance was described earlier as spanning "recent days," with the first bulletin published at 15:11 Jerusalem. Over successive versions, the IDF has attributed the At-Tiri shaft and cache specifically to the 401st Brigade, and the Maroun al-Ras sweep to the Yiftach Brigade. The claim that the weapons were intended for attacks on Israeli troops has been consistent across all versions, attributed solely to the IDF Spokesperson—no independent verification has been cited.
As The Zioneer has documented in recent weeks, the IDF has been systematically locating Hezbollah weapons hidden in civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon. Context items in our archive include a Givati Brigade discovery of a cache next to a baby crib in the Zawtar villages on June 9, and the capture of a Hezbollah drone factory and launch site inside a mountain near the border reported on June 21 and 28.
All details in this dispatch remain sourced to the IDF Spokesperson's statements. No independent confirmation of the finds has been provided, and Hezbollah has not responded to the military's claims.
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