The IDF has surrounded a strategic underground Hezbollah facility on the Ali al-Taher ridge, described by military briefings as the group's main combat management room in southern Lebanon. About 30 Hezbollah operatives are reportedly trapped inside, with Hezbollah and Iran attempting to rescue them. Hezbollah claims the fighting violates a ceasefire; the IDF maintains the area is part of the security zone and is determined to clear it.
The focus of IDF-Hezbollah clashes has shifted to the Ali al-Taher ridge, near Tibnit northwest of Beaufort, where Israeli forces have surrounded a strategic underground Hezbollah facility. According to briefings by the IDF Spokesperson to military correspondents (reported by Abu Ali Express early Sunday), the site served as Hezbollah's main combat management room for the southern Lebanon sector, and some 30 operatives are besieged inside. Hezbollah and Iran are reportedly attempting to rescue the trapped operatives and the facility.
Hezbollah claims the area was not captured by Israel and that the fighting violates the ceasefire. The IDF asserts the ridge lies within the declared security zone (the "yellow area" on a map published two days ago), and is determined to clear the compound of militants and destroy it.
As The Zioneer has been reporting throughout the past 24 hours (bulletins at 17:54, 19:38, 23:32 Saturday), the Ali Taher ridge has been the central flashpoint. Earlier reports described close-quarters combat, with the IDF holding the compound and Hezbollah operatives trapped despite a ceasefire order. At 23:21 Saturday, an analyst cited Iranian pressure for a ceasefire to stall IDF operations. The current bulletin confirms a clearer picture of the facility's strategic role and the number of besieged operatives — though the 30-figure remains attributed to IDF briefings and has not been independently corroborated.
2 developments
- ConfirmedIDF says slain tank crew was seizing Hezbollah's main underground HQ on Ali Taher ridge
- StrongIDF ground troops battle Hezbollah at Ali Taher ridge, southern Lebanon
- DevelopingIran pushing for ceasefire to stall IDF operations on Ali Taher ridge, per analyst
- StrongAnalyst warns renewed IDF push at Ali al-Taher ridge tonight amid strategic Hezbollah base
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