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More About the Destruction of Hezbollah Headquarters Under Ali Taher Ridge, Shafiq Castle Beaufort
2026-09-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[IDF] The Ali Taher Ridge concealed in its depths an extensive underground system that was used by Hezbollah's "Bader" unit in southwestern Lebanon. In an operation that lasted three months, fighters from the Commando Brigade, Yahalam, and other units gradually surrounded it - and destroyed it. This is how the commander of the Egoz unit summed up this major operation

Lt. Col. M., commander of the Egoz unit of the Commando Brigade, emerged from the thickets of the 'Ali Taher' ridge last weekend, at the end of an intensive and long operation on the underground route hidden deep within it - and arrived at the forest surrounding the Beit Lid camp, to tell us about it in depth.

"To best understand the last three months, I'll go back even a little further," he begins. "Even before the start of 'Harry's Roar,' we entered a series of targeted commando operations, in complex spaces, deep in the terrain, and in small formations. All of these only intensified after the start of the operation - and laid the foundation for the beginning of our activity in the space."

With the IDF taking control of Beaufort, the next stage was its 'continuation' - the Ali Taher Ridge. "From the beginning, it was clear to us that this was the target," states the unit commander, "the area surrounding it, the infrastructure within it, its characteristics and strategic importance for Hezbollah - both tactical and symbolic."

The route is used by Hezbollah's "Bader" unit, which is responsible for operations throughout the southwestern region of Lebanon. These tunnels can be compared to their "Kriya" - as the Yahalam faction said.

Then, 3 months ago, the right moment arrived - and the operation officially began. "We entered into a very complex operational campaign, mainly with the skill and individual warfare required. It included tricks that we carried out against the enemy, in complete secrecy, slowly and deadly,"

Israeli 36th Division's brigades destruction of hostile infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in the Shaqif Castle Beaufort


Translated Text:

Commander of the "Yehalom" Unit, Colonel A, from inside a tunnel in the Ali al-Taher Heights:

🔸 Over the past six months, forces of the unit affiliated with the 36th Division, in collaboration with the division's brigades, have been conducting surveillance, study, mapping, and destruction of hostile infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in the Shaqif Castle (Beaufort) area and the Ali al-Taher Heights.

🔸 We are present inside a tunnel in the Ali al-Taher Heights, which was used as strategic infrastructure for Hezbollah.

🔸 The Yehalom Unit will continue to operate above ground and below it, in every location it is required to work, in order to remove threats from the residents of the State of Israel.
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