The IDF is preparing to carry out a significant detonation of a tunnel system in southern Lebanon in the coming hours. Residents of northern Israel have been instructed that the explosion may trigger earthquake warning alerts; officials say there is no danger.
The IDF has clarified that the imminent high-intensity explosion in the central Western Galilee is specifically for detonating a tunnel system in southern Lebanon, with residents warned the blast may trigger independent earthquake alert systems. The military's clarification came at 22:54 Jerusalem time on Sunday, as the operation — originally announced earlier in the evening — entered its final preparations.
The development is the latest in a sequence of warnings and confirmations Sunday evening. At 22:28 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported the IDF was conducting multiple airstrikes across southern Lebanon amid what defense correspondent Amit Segal (N12) described as an unprecedented tunnel demolition campaign, with explosives quantities exceeding anything used on any front in the war so far. By 22:42, the Home Front Command's Northern District had announced a high-intensity blast in the central Western Galilee, and Arab media reported by 22:53 the planned destruction of a network beneath the village of Majdal Zoun. Earlier thread versions had specified the detonation of 'large tunnel shafts' using hundreds of tons of explosives around 23:00, and the IDF confirmed the target was a massive strategic tunnel at Majdal Zun.
As The Zioneer reported at 22:28, the demolition campaign is part of an ongoing effort to destroy underground infrastructure built by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The IDF has stressed the blast is controlled and poses no danger to residents.
The exact timing of the detonation has not been confirmed as of 22:54, though earlier reports indicated a 23:00 target. It remains unclear whether the blast has already occurred or is still pending.
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