IDF says soldiers killed Hezbollah operative, seized arms in south Lebanon tunnel

By Emanuel Fabian

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9 April 2026, 12:22 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Weapons found by IDF troops in a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published April 9, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says troops killed a Hezbollah operative and captured a cache of weapons in a tunnel shaft in southern Lebanon.

Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade identified a shaft leading to an underground Hezbollah site, from which an operative emerged and was killed in “close quarters combat,” the military says.

The IDF says that inside the tunnel shaft, the troops found a cache of explosive devices, rockets, RPGs, and grenades.

The troops located and destroyed several more Hezbollah positions in the area, where additional weapons were found, the IDF says.

Additionally, the IDF says the Israeli Air Force struck a building in the area where two Hezbollah operatives were identified by the 215th Artillery Regiment.