Overview
- Late at night the IDF used roughly 700 tons of explosives to destroy several principal tunnels beneath the Beaufort Ridge, calling the sites a multi-level command and launch complex.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the network was built over about two decades with Iranian planning and funding and that it posed a direct threat about six kilometers from Metula.
- The IDF said the tunnels were used to manage combat and to launch dozens of UAVs, explosive devices, and anti-tank missiles at Israeli soldiers and civilians.
- Israeli authorities warned nearby towns that the blasts would be loud and instructed residents to take precautions while IDF units stayed deployed on surrounding ridges.
- The demolition continues a pattern of tunnel neutralizations and strikes in southern Lebanon and could reduce immediate attack routes while increasing diplomatic friction over withdrawal and Hezbollah disarmament.