Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that they blew up a massive Hezbollah terror tunnel on Tuesday.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that they have destroyed Hezbollah tunnels built over nearly a decade.
Netanyahu said in a post on X that they blew up a massive Hezbollah terror tunnel and are destroying their terror infrastructure, killing dozens of their terrorists, adding that there is more to come.
The Israel Defense Forces stated that, as part of Division 36’s operations in Qantara, southern Lebanon, it discovered the most significant underground route found so far in Lebanon.
The tunnel is about 2 km long and reaches depths of up to 25 metres below ground, the Israel Defense Forces stated.
It also stated that the tunnel was built with Iranian funding, and on Tuesday, it was destroyed with the help of 450 tonnes of explosives.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the tunnel was carved into a rocky granite bedrock, 25 metres deep, with 30 shafts leading into it, and its length spans more than 2 kilometres along two separate axes.
Inside, among the 30 living rooms, there are showers, decorations in the corridors with pictures of the leaders of the ayatollah regime hanging, and decorated lamps.
A large arsenal of weapons is hidden in the tunnels, which was used by hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists from Radwan’s force who man the place, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Lieutenant Colonel H from the 1st Infantry Division of the Hellenic Army, who has spent the last two years exploring underground tunnels in various locations, described them as something special, the Israel Defense Forces said.
He stated that they went through bunker after bunker, room after room, and in every corner there was a weapon waiting for them, a well-equipped waiting room, or another winding tunnel.
On Monday, the Israel Defense Forces stated that it had destroyed 14 kilometres of underground tunnels in the Northern Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to vigorously attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday.
(IANS)
