The Israeli military said on Sunday it “destroyed” several underground tunnels used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, including one that was reportedly located beneath a cemetery.
The kilometer long tunnel had command and control rooms, bedrooms and weapons stores. In a post on Twitter, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shared a video showing dozens of weapons and other military equipment placed in the tunnel.
“Hezbollah does not value human life, living or dead,” the IDF said.
⭕️ Operational updates from Lebanon:
Several underground terrorist tunnels have been destroyed by our troops, including a tunnel that was strategically located beneath a cemetery.
Hezbollah does not value human life, living or dead. pic.twitter.com/77Ry4bQk0V
– Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) 10 November 2024
The tunnel was reportedly sealed by pouring 4,500 cubic meters of concrete.
Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been fighting along the Lebanese border since the war in Gaza broke out after Hamas attacked Israeli cities on October 7 last year.
Since launching a cross-border ground offensive into Lebanon in September, the Israeli military says it has found several tunnel shafts, one of which it said was about 25 meters long and crossed into Israel Was.
Last month, the IDF released a video of a tunnel allegedly used by Hezbollah members under a Lebanese civilian home and said it was not the same as the tunnel built by Hamas members in Gaza.
In the video, an Israeli army is seen in South Lebanon showing a “hundred meter” tunnel with iron doors, “working” rooms, AK-47 rifles, a bedroom, a bathroom, a storage room of generators, water tanks and two Was seen. -Wheeled vehicles.
View inside a Hezbollah terrorist tunnel in southern Lebanon: pic.twitter.com/h3ZastZHxC
– Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) 15 October 2024
In the clip the Israeli soldier is heard saying, “We are crossing the border into south Lebanon to see what Hezbollah is doing in the villages in south Lebanon in preparation for an October 7-type attack on northern Israel.” “Civilians are hiding themselves under houses.” ,
Radwan “Terrorists could stay here for weeks,” he said, referring to elite units of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
“It’s nothing like the tunnels we saw in Gaza,” he said.
Dozens killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon, Gaza
Israeli forces carried out airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, killing dozens. Rescue workers in the war-torn Gaza Strip said 13 children were among 30 people killed in Israeli strikes in the north of the territory.
War broke out in Gaza following a Hamas attack on southern Israel on 7 October, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,200 people. Since then, Israel’s counter-offensive has killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza.
In Lebanon, officials said at least 41 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the country, including 23 in an attack north of the capital Beirut.
More than 3,100 people have been killed in Lebanon since cross-border exchanges began, most of them since Israel stepped up its campaign against the Iran-backed group on September 23.
Israel also attacked a Hezbollah apartment in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing nine people, including a Hezbollah commander.
