IDF demolishes Hezbollah underground terror route in explosion

The IDF's 188th Brigade destroyed an underground Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon used by the terror organization to store weapons and conduct terror activities, the military said on Wednesday.

The IDF explained that during an operation conducted by engineering forces, an underground route spanning dozens of meters was discovered, leading to one of the headquarters of the terror group.

Hezbollah had reportedly used the site to coordinate numerous terror activities and rocket attacks targeting communities in the Galilee over the past year. 

The IDF said it was able to find weaponry, surveillance systems, and additional military equipment used by Hezbollah to direct terror activities in the area.

It also said that near the headquarters, several weapons depots were uncovered, including one located within a mosque.

'Hundreds' of explosives 

"These depots contained hundreds of explosive devices, rifles, grenades, and other military equipment," Israel's military emphasized.

After the findings were discovered, an investigation was conducted at the site by the elite Yahalom unit, and the headquarters were destroyed along the underground route.  All the weapons were said to have been seized by the IDF. 

The military also underscored that it would continue to "eliminate threats in southern Lebanon" while adhering to its ceasefire conditions with Lebanon. 

Later on Thursday, the military said troops operating in southern Lebanon found rocket launchers that had been directed at Israeli territory and had unearthed a weapons storage cache. In it were explosives, rocket launchers, and anti-tank missiles, among other things, which were subsequently confiscated and destroyed.