Forces of the 91st Division, including Brigade 300 and the Yahalom unit, destroyed an underground route tens of meters long used by Hezbollah in the Sarbeen area of southern Lebanon, the IDF said. In separate operations in recent days, the Kfir Brigade located a weapons warehouse containing launchers and rockets, and Brigade 4 seized dozens of weapons including Kalashnikov rifles and anti-tank rockets.
The IDF's 91st Division this morning announced the destruction of a Hezbollah underground route in the Sarbeen area of southern Lebanon, as part of a series of operations against the terror group's infrastructure. The underground route, dozens of meters long, was demolished by forces from Brigade 300 and the Yahalom combat engineering unit. In separate operations, the Kfir Brigade located a weapons warehouse containing launchers and rockets, and Brigade 4 seized dozens of weapons including Kalashnikov rifles and anti-tank rockets.
The announcements came in rapid succession starting at 08:31 Jerusalem. The initial IDF report noted the dismantling of the tunnel and the discovery of weapons. Minutes later, the military specified that Brigade 300 and Yahalom had destroyed the tunnel, which Hezbollah used to advance attacks against Israeli forces. A third update confirmed that Brigade 4 had uncovered a separate weapons cache. The IDF has not reported casualties or provided specific timelines for the weapons finds.
The operation is part of the IDF's broader campaign to dismantle Hezbollah's underground network in southern Lebanon. As The Zioneer reported on June 28, the IDF demolished a major Hezbollah tunnel in the village of Majdal Zoun, which spanned over 200 meters. On July 5, the IDF Chief of Staff detailed Hezbollah's decades-long underground network at Beaufort Castle, stating that Israeli forces control both the surface and the tunnels. The current operations continue the systematic effort to remove all threats to Israeli civilians and troops in the area.
It remains unclear whether the tunnel destroyed in Sarbeen is connected to the larger subterranean network previously described by the IDF, or if further weapons caches remain undiscovered in the sector.
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