The IDF has sealed the entrances to a major underground tunnel complex in southern Lebanon, trapping approximately 40 Hezbollah operatives inside, according to security officials. The officials assess that the trapped operatives will exhaust their supplies within days. The development follows weeks of Israeli operations targeting Hezbollah's subterranean infrastructure near the border.
The IDF has sealed the entrances to a major underground tunnel complex in southern Lebanon, trapping an estimated 40 Hezbollah operatives inside, security officials said Tuesday evening. The officials assessed that the trapped operatives would run out of supplies within days. The report is the latest in a series of Israeli operations targeting Hezbollah's extensive tunnel network along the border. As The Zioneer reported on June 27, the IDF previously kept dozens of Hezbollah operatives trapped in a tunnel facility in the Ali Taher ridge area and prevented rescue attempts. On July 19, Israeli security sources assessed that the trapped operatives there would exhaust their supplies within days. The IDF has been revealing and destroying Hezbollah tunnels since early June, including a tunnel packed with weapons six miles from the Israeli border and a network used for hundreds of rocket launches. The military has maintained operational ambiguity about the exact number of tunnels and operatives involved. The current development indicates that the campaign against Hezbollah's underground infrastructure continues to yield operational results, with the IDF effectively containing enemy forces underground.
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