Israeli military forces discovered and neutralized multiple Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a tunnel network near a United Nations peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced Thursday.
The operation, carried out by the 11th Brigade Combat Team under Division 146 command, involved comprehensive sweeping operations targeting terrorist infrastructure in both urban environments and challenging terrain. The mission focused on areas where Hezbollah has established operational presence, while carefully maintaining compliance with existing Israeli-Lebanese agreements.
Military engineers and combat units uncovered dozens of terrorist infrastructure installations both above and below ground level. Of particular concern were multiple weapons storage facilities discovered in civilian buildings strategically positioned in close proximity to a central United Nations facility in the region.
The IDF emphasized that all neutralization operations were conducted with extreme precision to avoid any damage to the UN installation, highlighting the complexity of counter-terrorism operations in areas where militant infrastructure is embedded near international peacekeeping facilities.
During systematic searches of the area, troops located and identified a loaded missile launcher that had been positioned and primed to strike Israeli territory. The launcher was subsequently neutralized as part of the broader operation to remove immediate threats to Israeli communities.
