IDF Finds Maps in Beaufort Tunnel Network Pointing to a Northern Israel Assault Plan

Division 36 is continuing intensive operations to clear a sprawling underground tunnel network beneath the Beaufort ridge in southern Lebanon. During the work, soldiers uncovered maps that, according to the IDF, were planned and financed by Iran’s “terror regime” and show the area’s control over communities in northern Israel. The maps were found on a wall inside one of the tunnel routes, the same route where militants were identified days earlier trying to flee before being killed in a precise airstrike.

The IDF said the maps clearly depict the reach of the area toward West Galilee communities and Metula, and indicate detailed planning by a terrorist organization to harm Israeli civilians. The tunnel system under Beaufort has been described by the military as a major strategic asset built over years by Iran, intended to serve as a central axis for fighting against Israel and to let Hezbollah conduct terror attacks from underground while protected from airstrikes.

Alongside Division 36, the Combat Team of the Commando Brigade and Yahalom are also operating to deepen the tunnel clearance. During searches, they found a large weapons cache, including Kornet missiles, RPG launchers, mortar shells, fragmentation grenades and anti-aircraft machine guns, apparently intended to turn the tunnels into a fortified operational base.

In recent days, a Yahalom drone scanning the tunnel detected a group of militants inside. When the militants realized they had been exposed, they opened fire on the drone and tried to flee. After they exited the tunnel and joined another group attempting to escape, the Air Force, directed by forces on the ground, closed the strike circle and killed all of them in a precision attack. The tunnel operation is part of a broader IDF campaign in southern Lebanon, and over the past day alone, more than 70 Hezbollah sites were struck, including rocket launchers, buildings used to advance terror attacks and positions that threatened both Israeli troops and northern communities.