Troops raiding an underground 'airbase' dozens of meters below a village near the border found a Hezbollah cache of 50 Iranian-made explosive UAVs that would have been fired into Israel from secret hillside shafts, according to Israel's military and the Times of Israel.
The IDF announced on Sunday that troops from an unidentified unit, during a ground operation in southern Lebanon, captured a hidden Hezbollah drone factory and launch site. The facility, excavated dozens of meters into a mountainside near the border, contained 50 Iranian-made explosive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) prepared for launch against Israel, the military stated. The find was reported by Israel's military and the Times of Israel.
Earlier on Sunday, the IDF's 551st Brigade reported locating a separate Hezbollah tunnel over 200 meters long in the village of Majdal Zun near Tyre, containing four launch shafts, hundreds of drones, and anti-tank missiles — a development The Zioneer covered. The newly described underground 'airbase' appears to be a distinct discovery, highlighting the extensive scale of Hezbollah's subterranean infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
The capture follows weeks of IDF operations targeting Hezbollah's launch capabilities in the area. The military has not yet released details on the specific unit involved or whether any operatives were detained during the raid. The cache of 50 drones, if confirmed, represents a significant seizure of pre-positioned attack assets.
2 developments
- StrongIDF reveals vast Hezbollah tunnel complex with hundreds of drones and missiles under Lebanese village
- DevelopingIDF reveals weeks-ago raid on Hezbollah depots in southern Lebanon village
- ConfirmedIDF intercepts Hezbollah drone near troops in southern Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF uncovers large Hezbollah tunnel network used for about 400 launches
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