Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz announced Monday that the IDF destroyed a 200-meter, 25-meter-deep underground Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, containing hundreds of weapons and multiple launch shafts.
At approximately 22:51 Jerusalem on Sunday, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz confirmed the destruction of a 200-meter-long, 25-meter-deep Hezbollah tunnel complex in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. The statement followed a series of earlier IDF announcements — the first at 22:51 Jerusalem naming Operation 'End of Verse,' then detailing the tunnel's dimensions, weaponry, and Iranian design — culminating in the top-level political confirmation that now marks the operation's official closure.
The thread unfolded rapidly. At 22:51 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported the IDF had destroyed an underground route over 200 meters long and 25 meters deep in Majdal Zoun. Minutes earlier, at 22:51 Jerusalem, the IDF had said the complex held hundreds of weapons and four launch shafts built with Iranian technology. By 22:51 Jerusalem, a fresh dispatch noted Israel had informed the U.S. and its envoy to Lebanon before the demolition. The confirmation of the tunnel's destruction — initially attributed to an IDF statement alone — was then given political weight by the prime minister and defense minister at 22:51 Jerusalem, shifting the source from military to top civilian authority.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, June 21, the IDF had been systematically uncovering Hezbollah's underground strongholds in Majdal Zoun — including a 29-meter-deep, 12-room compound with Iranian drones and explosives, which served as a strategic asset directed against northern Israel. Tonight's demolition in the same village is the culmination of that sustained campaign, with the political leadership now placing a formal capstone on the operation.
The level of corroboration has evolved from initial military-only reports to a joint political-military confirmation, but the tunnel's full operational role — beyond serving as a weapons depot and launch site — remains described at the general level of 'strategic asset,' with no specific intelligence on whether it was used operationally before destruction.
14 developments
- StrongIDF demolishes major Hezbollah underground drone facility in southern Lebanon
- StrongIDF uncovers Hezbollah 'drone airport' under Majdal Zoun, eliminates over 20 terrorists
- DevelopingKatz: IDF thwarting Hezbollah tunnels, destroying terror infrastructure near Lebanon border fence
- ConfirmedIDF releases footage of massive tunnel demolition in southern Lebanon
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