IDF Targets One of Hezbollah’s Key Strongholds in Southern Lebanon

The IDF is operating on the ground in southern Lebanon near Ali Tahr Ridge and the village of Tebnine, close to Beaufort, as Israel continues activity there amid the emerging ceasefire arrangement with Hezbollah. According to N12, the area is home to one of Hezbollah’s largest and most important assets, a major underground complex used for command and control, weapons storage, and rocket firing.

The report says Hezbollah built a sprawling network of bunkers and tunnels stretching for more than a kilometer beneath Ali Tahr Ridge. Israel previously attacked the site from the air but did not destroy it because it is deeply buried. That is why the IDF decided to enter the area physically and dismantle the base, which it believes served as the Hezbollah southern command center directing fighting against Israel over the past three years.

Hezbollah is said to be fighting to keep the position, using rocket fire, drones, anti-tank missiles, and other means. Overnight, about 50 rockets were launched at IDF forces. In response, the Israeli Air Force also struck targets in southern Lebanon.

Those strikes hit command posts, weapons depots, shafts leading into the fortified tunnel system, and launchers that had fired or were ready to fire at the troops. Altogether, the Air Force struck more than 50 targets, according to the report.