Israeli forces uncovered a massive underground Hezbollah tunnel complex beneath a village in southern Lebanon containing hundreds of drones and missiles and what appeared to be an underground drone 'airfield,' the military said. The finding is one of the largest of its kind, according to the IDF.
The IDF on Sunday evening uncovered an even larger Hezbollah tunnel complex beneath a Lebanese village, containing hundreds of drones and missiles — including what the military described as an underground drone 'airfield' — marking the largest such find in the current campaign. The disclosure, made at 20:16 Jerusalem, expands upon a string of recent IDF revelations about Hezbollah's subterranean infrastructure in southern Lebanon, all centered on the same cluster of villages eight kilometers from the Israeli frontier. The complex was found roughly an hour after the military detailed a separate, 200-meter tunnel in Majdal Zoun with four launch shafts and over 50 drones, and follows the earlier exposure of a drone factory hidden inside a mountain and the Iran-funded Beaufort Ridge network.
As The Zioneer reported throughout Sunday evening, the IDF's thread on this area began at 18:59 Jerusalem with the announcement of a substantial underground route in Majdal Zoun containing hundreds of weapons and four launch shafts aimed at Israel, with over 20 Hezbollah operatives killed (version 2). Minutes later, at the same timestamp, the military specified the complex was 29 meters deep with 12 rooms and drone launch shafts (version 4), and subsequently confirmed over 50 drones and 20 operatives eliminated (version 5). The new find — a separate, larger complex — now adds hundreds of additional drones and missiles stored in what the IDF calls an underground 'airfield,' further corroborating the scale of Hezbollah's decade-long tunnel-building effort funded by Iran.
Context from The Zioneer's reporting shows this is part of a systematic IDF campaign to expose and dismantle Hezbollah's subterranean network. On June 7, the IDF revealed the Beaufort Ridge tunnel network, planned and funded by Iran, located six kilometers from Metula and designed to hold hundreds of terrorists with living quarters, medical facilities, and weapons storage (The Zioneer, Sun Jun 7, 20:03 Jerusalem). Later that same day, the military described a vast tunnel network used for about 400 launches targeting Israel (Sun Jun 7, 19:53 Jerusalem). Additional IDF footage released June 11 showed a drone strike killing operatives emerging from a Beaufort tunnel (The Zioneer, Thu Jun 11, 20:09 Jerusalem).
The full extent of the newly revealed complex — including its exact dimensions and operational status — remains subject to ongoing Israeli military clearance and verification. The IDF has said troops from the Golani Brigade, Maglan, and Yahalom elite combat engineering units are involved in clearing and dismantling the network.
6 developments
- DevelopingIDF captures Hezbollah drone factory and launch site hidden in south Lebanon mountain
- DevelopingIDF reveals underground tunnel in Majdal Zoun with hundreds of weapons and four launch shafts
- DevelopingIDF uncovers large Hezbollah tunnel network used for about 400 launches
- DevelopingIDF reveals strategic tunnel with massive launch capabilities dozens of meters deep
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