Army says it uncovered a second Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnel

The Israeli military uncovered a second Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnel today in the western Galilee, the army says.

The tunnel originated in the Lebanese village of Ramyeh underneath a number of homes and crossed into Israeli territory near the village of Zarit, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus says the tunnel is not yet operational and did not present an immediate threat to residents of the area, as with the tunnel discovered on Tuesday.

The army confirms that it is working at a second area in the western Galilee as well.

IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus says the Israeli army provided UNIFIL’s commander with a map and intelligence about the Ramyeh tunnel when he visited Israel today.

The military says it called on the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL to destroy the tunnel in Ramyeh on the Lebanese side of the border.

IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yoel Strick also filed a formal complaint about what he called Hezbollah’s violation of UN Resoluation 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War and called for armed groups besides to the Lebanese military to remain north of the country’s Litani River.

— Judah Ari Gross