Troops from the IDF's Brigade 4 located dozens of weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles, anti-tank rockets, and additional combat equipment, in southern Lebanon, the military says. The discovery was part of broader operations against Hezbollah infrastructure, which also included the destruction of an underground route dozens of meters long by Brigade 300 and Yahalom forces.
The IDF reported on Wednesday morning that troops from Brigade 4 located a weapons cache in southern Lebanon containing dozens of Kalashnikov rifles, anti-tank rockets, and additional combat equipment. The announcement adds detail to the same operation first reported at 08:31 Jerusalem, when the IDF said troops had uncovered a weapons storage facility with launchers and rockets in the Srobbin area.
The initial reports this morning noted that soldiers were actively destroying Hezbollah infrastructure, including a tunnel dozens of meters long. By 08:36 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Brigade 300 and the Yahalom combat engineering unit had destroyed the tunnel, which Hezbollah used to advance and carry out attacks. The weapons cache was mentioned in the early reports without specifying the unit; the updated IDF statement now identifies Brigade 4 as the unit that located it.
The operation is part of the IDF's broader campaign to dismantle Hezbollah's underground network in southern Lebanon. As The Zioneer has reported, the military has destroyed several major tunnels in recent weeks, including a kilometer-long route near Tebnit (June 20), a 200-meter facility in Majdal Zoun housing Iranian-made UAVs and launch shafts (June 21), and a storage tunnel with approximately 50 kamikaze drones (June 29). The current operations continue to target the group's remaining fortified positions.
The IDF has not disclosed the precise location of the Brigade 4 cache or the total number of items seized, and the scope of remaining Hezbollah infrastructure in the area remains unclear.
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