Overview
- The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday that they dismantled an underground Hezbollah complex in the Majdal Zoun area of southern Lebanon.
- The IDF described the tunnel as more than 200 meters long and over 25 meters deep with hundreds of weapons and multiple launch shafts pointing toward Israel.
- Israeli forces reported they located and eliminated a militant tied to the overnight encounter in which Captain David Hazutt was killed after finding him in a suspicious structure near Deir Siryan.
- Israeli statements attribute the complex’s construction to technology and expertise from the Iranian regime and say the action was carried out as part of the wider Operation Closing Verse.
- The operation comes on the volatile Israel–Lebanon border where the move could prolong Israeli military presence in the security zone and heighten tensions between Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon’s government.