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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
IDF: Explosives found in old pit in village on Israel-Lebanon border
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The military says that during civilian construction work in the northern village of Ghajar, which straddles the Israel-Lebanon border, a pit with explosive material in it was found.
IDF sappers were dispatched to the scene — on the Lebanese side of the UN-recognized Blue Line — and removed the explosives from the hole.
According to the military, the pit was constructed before the 2006 Second Lebanon War. The IDF is investigating whether the explosives belong to Hezbollah.
פרסום ראשון: מאות ק"ג של חומר נפץ תקני רוסי של חיזבאללה נחשפו היום בתוואי תת קרקעי (לא מנהרה) בשטח הכפר עג'ר בגבול לבנון. הם הוסלקו ככה"נ עוד לפני כיבוש החלק הצפוני של הכפר עג'ר במלחמת לבנון השנייה ונועדו לשימוש במהלך ניסיון חטיפת חיילים צה"ל באירועי 'הר וגיא' בנובמבר 05. pic.twitter.com/8gIl7kVrJY
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Ghajar is the only Alawite-majority settlement in the country. It was originally part of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981. In 2000, when Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon following a 15-year military occupation and the United Nations demarcated the so-called Blue Line, Ghajar was split in two, with the northern half coming under Lebanese control.
Israel regained control over the entire village during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, after Hezbollah used the Ghajar area to stage attacks.
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