Following the discussion on whether the Lebanese Armed Forces will be willing to conduct searches inside private civilian properties as part of Hezbollah's disarmament, the following case illustrates why this is a fundamental. not merely technical issue.
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Following the discussion on whether the Lebanese Armed Forces will be willing to conduct searches inside private civilian properties as part of Hezbollah's disarmament, the following case illustrates why this is a fundamental. not merely technical issue.
In the village of Haddatha in southern Lebanon, the IDF uncovered an underground Hezbollah command center constructed beneath a building materials factory, approximately 300 meters from a UNIFIL facility. The underground structure, approximately 55 meters long, consisted of three rooms. A nearby underground shaft containing dozens of weapons was also discovered.
This case joins a long series of Hezbollah military infrastructures identified since the beginning of the IDF's ground operations in Lebanon inside or beneath private civilian properties.
It further reinforces the understanding that the use of the civilian environment is not an operational necessity but rather an integral component of Hezbollah's method of operation and its systematic use of the human shield tactic.
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The Israel Defense Forces used 700 tons of explosives to demolish the subterranean facility.
The demolition was planned for an earlier date but was postponed because of the framework deal reached in June. Netanyahu and Katz said the destruction of the tunnel system was in response to Hezbollah’s "blatant" violation of the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday, when it targeted an unmanned bulldozer with an explosive drone.
The tunnel, which journalists toured earlier this month, served as a "central part of the Hezbollah terror organization’s invasion plan against the Galilee communities," the statement said.
"The State of Israel will not accept any violation of the ceasefire agreement. Any attempt by Hezbollah to harm IDF troops or Israeli civilians will be met with a severe and powerful response that will exact a heavy price from the terrorist organization,". Netanyahu and Katz said, adding that the IDF "will remain in the security zone in southern Leb
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....and will continue to destroy all terror infrastructure in order to prevent any attempt by Hezbollah to restore its capabilities."
The IDF in its own statement said it demolished "several key underground routes in the Beaufort Ridge area."
"Over the past several weeks, IDF troops completed securing the Beaufort Ridge area, while taking control of and clearing the underground infrastructure and preparing it for destruction," the military said.
The military had already on July 13 demolished a tunnel that was part of the Beaufort Ridge area underground system. With the latest demolition, most of the tunnel network in the area has been destroyed.
The IDF is also still monitoring a massive Hezbollah tunnel system beneath the Ali Taher ridge, near Nabatieh, where dozens of operatives are still believed to be holed up. However,
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because of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF has been prevented from capturing the underground passages beneath the ridge, though it has continued to operate in other parts of south Lebanon.
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