The IDF, under a joint announcement by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, destroyed a 200-meter-long, 25-meter-deep underground Hezbollah route containing hundreds of weapons and launch shafts in the Majdal Zoun area of southern Lebanon. Israel updated the U.S. in advance of the operation.
The IDF destroyed a 200-meter-long, 25-meter-deep Hezbollah underground weapons route in the village of Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Sunday evening, according to a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. The route contained hundreds of weapons and multiple launch shafts. Israel informed the United States and the American envoy to Lebanon ahead of the operation, which was named 'End of Verse' (Sof Pasuk).
This strike follows the destruction of a separate Hezbollah drone tunnel in the same village earlier on Sunday, announced by Netanyahu and Katz at around 23:02 Jerusalem time, as The Zioneer reported. That earlier tunnel was described as 200 meters long and over 25 meters deep, housing Iranian-made drones. The current operation adds a distinct large-capacity weapons storage and launch route to the record.
The thread began on Sunday at 22:51 Jerusalem, when Netanyahu and Katz first confirmed the destruction of Hezbollah's underground infrastructure. Subsequent versions added specific dimensions — 200 meters long, 25 meters deep — and the detail that Israel had notified the U.S. in advance. The location — Majdal Zoun — was confirmed in successive dispatches, building from an initial vague report to a fully corroborated joint statement from the highest political level.
As The Zioneer reported on June 21, the IDF had previously uncovered a sprawling underground Hezbollah 'airbase' in Majdal Zoun, measuring 29 meters deep with 12 rooms and launch shafts containing Iranian-made drones. That discovery, along with disclosures of a broader subterranean terror city 6 km from the border (June 22), frames Sunday's operations as part of a sustained campaign to expose and dismantle Hezbollah's fortified infrastructure. No immediate Hezbollah response was reported.
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