The IDF announced Thursday evening that Division 36 forces destroyed an underground route over two kilometers long in southern Lebanon. The strategic compound, built over two decades with Iranian funding, contained command rooms and living quarters of Hezbollah's Badr unit, along with dozens of rockets, missiles, drones, anti-tank missiles, and hundreds of mines. The military said the operation neutralizes a threat to Israeli civilians while maintaining the ceasefire agreement.
The IDF revealed new details Thursday evening about the destruction of a Hezbollah subterranean compound in southern Lebanon, identifying the facility as a command and living center of the Badr unit. Division 36 forces demolished the underground route, which stretched over two kilometers and included dozens of rockets, missiles, drones, anti-tank missiles, and hundreds of mines. The military said the compound was built over two decades with Iranian funding.
As The Zioneer reported at 21:27, the tunnel network on the Ali Taher ridge was destroyed earlier in the evening. Thursday's statement added that the compound housed Hezbollah's Badr unit — a named formation within the group's fighting force — as its base of operations. The IDF emphasized that the operation is designed to remove the threat from Israeli civilians while preserving the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.
The destruction is part of a sustained campaign by Division 36 to dismantle Hezbollah's underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon. In recent months, the IDF has exposed and neutralized several major tunnel complexes, including a 'drone airfield' under the village of Majdal Zoun in June and a multilayered tunnel city beneath the Beaufort ridge in July. Military officials have described the network as a decade-long Iranian project intended for a large-scale offensive against northern Israel.
The IDF's announcement did not provide casualty figures or details on the timing of the demolition, but stated that the activity achieves operational control above and below ground on the ridge.
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- StrongExplosions and fire seen at Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon
- StrongAdditional footage posted of explosion at Ali al-Taher ridge
- StrongIDF fires flares and heavy artillery at Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon
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