The IDF demolished a large Hezbollah underground facility in the southern Lebanon village of Majdal Zoun a short while ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announce.
The tunnel, which ran some 200 meters and reached depths of over 25 meters under the village, was used by Hezbollah to assemble, store and launch Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the military.
Journalists were given a tour of the tunnel earlier this month.
In a statement, Netanyahu and Katz say that Israel updated the US and the American representative in Lebanon ahead of the tunnel’s demolition.
The IDF has not yet issued a statement on the demolition, but it warned residents of northern Israel earlier that a large explosion would be heard.
The IDF had previously postponed the tunnel’s demolition amid pressure by the US on Israel to halt all military activity in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire.
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