Lebanese sources report that the IDF detonated the tunnel it uncovered earlier in the village of Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, with a massive explosion heard across the area. The development follows the IDF's earlier destruction of an explosives cache discovered inside the same 200-meter Hezbollah tunnel, as reported by The Zioneer at 23:12.
Lebanese sources reported that the IDF detonated the entirety of a 200-meter Hezbollah tunnel in the village of Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, a short time ago — a final act in a chain of operations carried out in the same underground facility this evening. Local accounts described a massive explosion heard across the area. The IDF had not officially commented on this specific development as of 23:30 Jerusalem.
This final detonation caps a sequence The Zioneer tracked through multiple updates. At 23:01 Jerusalem, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz jointly announced that the IDF had destroyed a Hezbollah underground terror infrastructure in Majdal Zoun, as part of Operation 'End of Verse'. That initial statement described a tunnel over 200 meters long and buried deeper than 25 meters, containing hundreds of weapons and multiple launch shafts aimed at Israeli territory. Israel informed the U.S. and the American representative to Lebanon in advance. Subsequent thread items added: the tunnel was dug 25 meters deep (same 23:01 Jerusalem iteration); it was used for the assembly, storage, and launch of Iranian-made drones (23:01 Jerusalem); and at 23:12 Jerusalem, The Zioneer separately reported the IDF detonated explosive materials discovered inside the already-destroyed tunnel. The information source progressed from a joint official statement to independent Lebanese media and separate security correspondents.
As The Zioneer reported on Saturday, June 13 (19:16 Jerusalem), IDF forces were already booby-trapping and demolishing buildings in Majdal Zoun. The tunnel's construction by Iran was reported by journalist Amit Segal on N12 at 22:34 Jerusalem on Sunday evening.
What remains open: The IDF has not commented on this final detonation; the earlier cache detonation and the tunnel's initial destruction are confirmed via official statement.
7 developments
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- ConfirmedIDF detonates explosives cache in destroyed Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon
- ConfirmedIDF releases footage of Hezbollah tunnel seven kilometers inside southern Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF releases footage of strikes in Lebanon this evening
Source and signal
- Internal intake