The IDF released exclusive drone footage Saturday evening documenting Hezbollah operatives firing at an Israeli drone from inside an underground tunnel beneath the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon. The video was captured as troops from the Golani Brigade, Maglan, and Yahalom units continued clearing the Iranian-backed underground network, where they located mortar shells, RPG launchers, Kornet missiles, and other weaponry. The military said the tunnel network had been used for approximately 400 launches targeting Israel and IDF forces in recent months.
The IDF published new drone footage Saturday evening, showing Hezbollah operatives firing at an Israeli drone from inside a tunnel beneath the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon. The video, released at approximately 19:42 Jerusalem time, was captured as troops from the Golani Brigade, Maglan, and Yahalom units continue clearing the underground network. The military said the tunnel had been used for roughly 400 launches targeting Israel and IDF forces in recent months.
This is the latest in a series of IDF releases on the Beaufort Ridge tunnel system. At 19:00 Jerusalem, the military published footage showing the elimination of operatives who had attempted to flee the same network. An earlier version of that report, also timestamped 19:00, described a drone strike on operatives emerging from a tunnel route, with initial footage showing one operative firing at the drone. The new footage released now provides a closer perspective from inside the tunnel itself, corroborating the earlier account of operatives engaging the drone from within the system.
The Beaufort Ridge tunnel network was first publicly detailed by the IDF on June 7, 2026, when the military described it as an Iranian-funded "underground city" with living quarters, medical facilities, and weapons storage, designed to hold hundreds of operatives six kilometers from the Israeli border community of Metula, as The Zioneer reported at the time. The network's existence and scope are based on official IDF statements; no independent verification has been reported.
It remains unverified whether the tunnel network has been fully neutralized or whether additional armed operatives remain inside undetected sections of the system. The IDF has not stated whether the operatives shown in the latest footage were killed or captured.
4 developments
- StrongIDF clears Hezbollah tunnel network beneath Beaufort Ridge, advances near Nabatieh
- DevelopingHezbollah releases night-vision drone footage over Beaufort Castle
- ConfirmedIDF intercepts Hezbollah drone near troops in southern Lebanon
- StrongIDF strikes Hezbollah launchers and drone infrastructure in Tyre, southern Lebanon
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