The Israel Defense Forces are holding dozens of Hezbollah operatives trapped in an underground facility in southern Lebanon and actively preventing rescue efforts, according to a military source. The report follows weeks of IDF operations to locate and destroy the extensive tunnel network Hezbollah built under the border area.
The IDF is maintaining a cordon around one of Hezbollah's largest underground compounds in southern Lebanon, where dozens of operatives remain trapped and cannot exit, a military source confirms this evening. Israeli forces are actively blocking any Hezbollah attempts to rescue or extract the entombed fighters.
This situation updates a thread The Zioneer has tracked for weeks. On Saturday morning (Jun 27, 09:23 Jerusalem), the IDF initially surrounded the compound, with dozens of operatives reported trapped. On Jun 25, military analysts noted troops were preventing Hezbollah operatives from leaving an underground complex beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge — a dynamic the source described as potentially dangerous for soldiers above ground. An earlier bulletin (Jun 14) recorded the IDF reporting over 10 Hezbollah field commanders killed since the ceasefire. Lebanese sources on Jun 22 said Israel insisted on demolishing one Hezbollah facility itself rather than handing it to the Lebanese army.
The current report does not specify whether the trapped operatives are in the same compound as previously reported or a separate facility. The IDF has not commented officially on whether the rescue-prevention effort is part of a siege tactic or an operational hold pending further action. No casualty figures are given for the trapped operatives.
2 developments
- DevelopingIDF eliminates Hezbollah operatives threatening troops at Ali al-Taher Ridge
- DevelopingIDF seals Hezbollah tunnel system in Tebnit amid abduction fears
- DevelopingIDF destroys Hezbollah underground compound in southern Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF says it struck 70+ Hezbollah sites, eliminated seven operatives from underground route
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