Overview
- IDF 36th Division units are conducting active operations to locate, clear and destroy an extensive tunnel complex beneath the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon.
- Soldiers discovered maps and diagrams drawn on tunnel walls that the IDF says depict topographical control over northern yishuvim, the small Israeli border communities the tunnels could reach.
- Troops recovered weapons and living quarters inside the network, including mortar shells, fragmentation grenades, RPG launchers, Kornet missiles, anti-aircraft machine guns and Kalashnikov rifles.
- A drone operating during a tunnel search located fighters who tried to escape and open fire, and the Israeli Air Force later struck and eliminated those operatives.
- Documents recovered in related operations previously included the personal details of northern residents such as Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin, and the IDF says the total evidence points to Iranian funding and multi-year planning though some evaluative claims are reported rather than independently verified.