An IDF engineering unit discovered a cache of anti-helicopter bouncing mines and other Iranian-made weaponry, including anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and Claymore mines, inside a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, according to a battalion commander speaking to Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio).
The latest IDF tunnel discovery in southern Lebanon, reported by Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio), reveals a specialized weapons cache that includes a type of ordnance Israeli forces had been searching for over an extended period: anti-helicopter bouncing mines. The commander of the S-1 company of the Yahalom (elite combat engineering) unit, identified only as Lt. Col. 'H', described the mines as 'seemingly innocent' but capable of causing severe damage. The same tunnel also contained other Iranian-manufactured weaponry: an anti-aircraft machine gun, anti-tank missiles, and Claymore-type directional fragmentation mines.
The find adds to a series of underground Hezbollah facilities uncovered by the IDF in recent weeks. Since late June, The Zioneer has reported on the military's discovery of Iranian-built underground compounds with launch shafts aimed at Israel, a UAV storage tunnel containing approximately 50 'ABABIL-T' kamikaze drones, and a Hezbollah drone factory and launch site hidden inside a mountain. The quantity of explosives the IDF has deployed to destroy this tunnel network was described as 'unprecedented' by journalist Amit Segal (N12). The commander emphasized the operational significance of locating the bouncing mines, which are designed to target low-flying helicopters and had been a priority for the IDF's search efforts in the southern Lebanon theater.
2 developments
- DevelopingIDF captures Hezbollah drone factory and launch site hidden inside south Lebanon mountain
- ConfirmedIDF releases footage of massive tunnel demolition in southern Lebanon
- DevelopingHelicopters hover meters above cave opening in southern Lebanon, reports say
- StrongIDF reservists locate explosives, weapons cache in Maroun al-Ras, southern Lebanon
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