Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz announced Sunday evening that the IDF has destroyed Hezbollah's underground terror infrastructure as part of Operation 'End of Verse.' No further details on the scope or location of the infrastructure were immediately provided.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz officially confirmed Sunday evening that the IDF destroyed Hezbollah's underground terror infrastructure as part of Operation 'End of Verse.' The joint statement did not specify whether this referred to a single tunnel or a broader network. The confirmation follows a rapid sequence of reports: by 22:51 Jerusalem, The Zioneer had published multiple versions — first that the IDF had destroyed the tunnel (22:51), then that it was 200 meters long and 25 meters deep (22:51), located beneath Majdal Zoun (22:51), and that Israel notified the U.S. in advance (22:51). The earlier versions did not include official confirmation from the political leadership; that came only with the final thread items, which matched the language of tonight's joint statement.
Corroboration evolved across the thread. The earliest reports (22:51) cited only the Telegram source 'Reports on the Minute.' By 22:51, Netanyahu and Katz themselves were cited, providing dimensions and location. Tonight's statement adds nothing new to those details — no new location, scale, or timeline — but upgrades the source to the highest official level. As The Zioneer reported on June 16, Katz had earlier said the IDF was systematically thwarting Hezbollah tunnels and destroying terror infrastructure in villages near the border fence. On June 20, a senior IDF officer described an underground network exposed in a Friday operation. On June 21, the Chief of Staff described the underground fortresses under Ali al-Taher Ridge and Beaufort Castle as a twenty-year project.
It remains unclear tonight whether the official confirmation refers to a tunnel previously reported as destroyed Sunday evening, or to a separate, perhaps larger, operation. The IDF has not released operational footage, photographs, or a timeline of the destruction.
13 developments
- StrongIDF detonates massive Hezbollah tunnel in Lebanon, new footage shows weapons cache
- StrongIDF demolishes major Hezbollah underground drone facility in southern Lebanon
- ConfirmedIDF releases footage of massive tunnel demolition in southern Lebanon
- StrongIDF destroys explosives cache found in southern Lebanon tunnel
Source and signal
- Internal intake