Israel Announces Destruction of Hezbollah Tunnel in Southern Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had demolished a 35-meter-long tunnel belonging to Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Zoun.

Soldiers from the military’s 300th “Baram” Regional Brigade uncovered the tunnel during operations in the area, the military said in a statement posted on X. According to the statement, the tunnel contained two rooms that Hezbollah operatives had used as living quarters.

Combat engineers from the Yahalom unit examined the tunnel before detonating it, the military said, adding that it had released footage showing the demolition.

Elsewhere in southern Lebanon, Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on the outskirts of Al-Qantara and later on Kfar Tebnit in the Nabatiyeh district, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

The agency added that Israeli warplanes flew at low altitude over Tyre and nearby towns.

The operations took place despite a US-brokered framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in June, which set out security arrangements for a phased deployment of Lebanese forces and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

The agreement also provides for reconstruction and economic recovery, but its implementation has been hampered by obstacles, including Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm — a condition Israel has set for withdrawing from territory it occupies in Lebanon.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said on Nov. 11 that it continued to monitor daily Israeli violations in the south, despite a reduction in the intensity of fighting since the June ceasefire.

Those violations included the establishment of military positions and roads, as well as military operations, explosions, airstrikes and artillery fire, the peacekeeping force said.

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