Report: Hezbollah handed over massive underground missile facility to Lebanese army

The Hezbollah terror group has reportedly handed over an underground missile facility to the Lebanese Armed Forces, as Jerusalem and Beirut agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon as part of a truce that came into effect in late November.

Al-Arabiya reports that the subterranean facility in southern Lebanon, which has large tunnels through which trucks can drive, was emptied of all heavy equipment before the LAF took control of it.

The Saudi-owned outlet airs footage purporting to show Lebanese troops inspecting the premises.

تقع في جنوب #لبنان.. وسائل إعلام لبنانية تكشف عن تسلم الجيش اللبناني منشأة عسكرية تابعة لحزب الله #العربية pic.twitter.com/j2QscuCYzs

— العربية (@AlArabiya) January 28, 2025

Hezbollah boasted about the missile facility, dubbed Imad 4, in an August propaganda video — before Israel launched its military campaign that wiped out most of the Iran-backed terror group’s top leadership, including long-time chief Hassan Nasrallah.

حزب الله : عماد 4 الصواريخ الدقيقة pic.twitter.com/4WycSBK7KO

— Leb Now (@leb_now) August 16, 2024

Israel has said that it needs to stay past the 60-day deadline stipulated in the ceasefire agreement to ensure that Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence in southern Lebanon, because the LAF has not deployed to all areas south of the Litani River — about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border with Israel, as agreed.

The White House said in a statement on Sunday that the deadline for the IDF to withdraw has been extended to February 18.