Hezbollah operative IDed near south Lebanon tunnel complex, killed in strike — IDF

A Hezbollah operative who was identified near one of the terror group’s tunnel shafts at the Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon today was killed in an airstrike, the military says.

Hezbollah has a massive underground complex under the ridge, near Nabatieh, and the IDF estimates that dozens of operatives are holed up in the area. The ridge is located in the IDF’s south Lebanon buffer zone.

The IDF says that troops spotted a Hezbollah member operating near one of the underground site’s tunnel shafts, and that a short while later he was killed in an airstrike.

The IDF says it continues to operate at the Ali Taher ridge and will “not allow Hezbollah terrorists to exit the underground tunnel network or move in the area of the ridge.”

In a separate strike today, a suspect in a vehicle who “posed a threat” to troops in the buffer zone was killed, the army says.

צה"ל חיסל מחבל חיזבאללה שפעל בסמוך לפיר של התשתית התת-קרקעית הנמצאת ברכס עלי טאהר

כוחות צה"ל זיהו מוקדם יותר היום מחבל מארגון הטרור חיזבאללה שפעל בסמוך לפיר של התשתית התת-קרקעית הנמצאת ברכס עלי טאהר, במרחב הביטחוני בו פועלים כוחות צה"ל.

המחבל היוו איום מיידי על כוחותינו וחוסל… pic.twitter.com/lP8itDM8NJ

— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 10, 2026