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An IDF soldier is seen in a Hezbollah tunnel near the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
IDF demolishes Hezbollah tunnels below southern Lebanon’s Beaufort Ridge
By Emanuel Fabian
PM and defense minister say subterranean system blown up in response to drone attack a day earlier, after postponing the demolition due to the framework deal reached in June
Ori Eliyahu at On The Border Cafe in Shtula, on the border with Lebanon, on July 14, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2026, 4:35 pm
On Lebanese border, a village still in Hezbollah crosshairs prepares for comeback
As part of a $6 billion push, government campaign to attract residents to northern frontline communities starts Sunday; Shtula, with 60% of its prewar population, to get 15 new homes
By Diana Bletter
IDF troops at Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2026, 6:00 pm
Beneath Beaufort’s strategic bulwark, a Hezbollah lair built to attack Israel is unearthed
Built into rocky ridge below imposing Crusader fortress, massive tunnel system, complete with showers and operating room, allowed terror group to launch Iranian arms at Metula and elsewhere without detection, IDF says
By Emanuel Fabian
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing podcast (ToI/Emanuel Fabian)
June 23, 2026, 1:20 pm
Daily Briefing June 23: Underground Hezbollah base put all of Israel in range
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on his tour of a drone facility in Lebanon, the army’s frustration with the porous ceasefire, and IDF strikes in Gaza that killed known Hamas terrorists
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli soldier is seen in an underground Hezbollah drone facility in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on June 18, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
June 21, 2026, 7:01 pm
IDF captures Hezbollah drone factory and launch site hidden inside south Lebanon mountain
Troops raiding ‘airbase’ dozens of meters below village near border find cache of 50 Iranian-made explosive UAVs that would have been fired into Israel from secret hillside shafts
By Emanuel Fabian
Hezbollah operatives are seen in a major tunnel system near Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in footage published by the IDF on June 7, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2026, 11:12 pm
IDF reveals key Hezbollah command tunnel network near south Lebanon’s Beaufort
Hundreds of operatives were stationed in multi-level underground site, which includes water and electricity, anti-tank and anti-aircraft capabilities, an operating room
By Emanuel Fabian
Soldiers from the IDF Tzabar Battalion in the Givati Brigade examine a Hezbollah tunnel they discovered in Al-Khiam, Lebanon, May 13, 2026 (Lazar Berman/ The Times of Israel)
May 14, 2026, 4:52 pm
Hezbollah drone threat is serious, but blown out of proportion, IDF tells ToI in Lebanon
In Khiam, southern Lebanon, Givati officers say UAV attacks prove that ‘the enemy are cowards,’ take ToI into Hezbollah tunnel found deep under children’s clothing charity
By Lazar Berman
On her backyard terrace in Avivim, Limor Biton points to a hill in Lebanon and Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, on November 26, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 27, 2025, 4:51 pm
‘We live in fear’: Northerners tense on 1st anniversary of ceasefire with Hezbollah
After the IDF assassinated the Lebanese terror group’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai this week, inhabitants of border community Avivim say they anxiously await ‘retaliation’
By Diana Bletter
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the Golan Heights from a demilitarized zone in Syria patrolled by United Nations forces on November 5, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
November 11, 2024, 10:13 pm
IDF building along UN-patrolled demilitarized zone in Syria, satellite images show
Photos show trenches and fortifications being constructed along Syrian side of Golan Heights border; UN confirms Israeli encroachment ‘into the area of separation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Soldiers are seen in a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, late on October 21, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 27, 2024, 2:50 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 27: Day 387 – IDF detonates a massive underground Hezbollah base
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian with more information on Israel’s strikes in Iran, plus updates on a truck ramming near the Glilot IDF base and ongoing battles in Gaza and Lebanon
By ToI Staff
IDF soldiers display an entrance to a Hezbollah tunnel found during their ground operation in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, October 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
October 19, 2024, 8:50 pm
IDF destroys major tunnel of elite Hezbollah force as it tackles underground network
The military is working to systematically demolish the web of shafts it says would be used in an Oct. 7-style attack on the north
By AP
The inside of a Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into Israel, in a video released by the IDF on October 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 8, 2024, 11:08 pm
IDF destroys Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into Israel, steps up airstrikes
Barrage of 25 rockets fired at Kiryat Shmona, launchers used in earlier Haifa attack destroyed; military says strike killed chief of Hezbollah’s logistical HQ
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis take cover inside a bomb shelter at Ben Gurion airport as a siren alert is sounded in Tel Aviv, October 1, 2024 (Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
October 2, 2024, 10:43 am
Daily Briefing Oct. 2: Day 362 – Israelis shelter as Iran attacks, US vows support
ToI founding editor David Horovitz, US bureau chief Jacob Magid and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discuss Iranian attack on Israel, latest in Lebanon and US response
By ToI Staff
A Hezbollah missile recovered by the IDF from Lebanon in recent months, in a photo released by the IDF on October 1, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 1, 2024, 7:05 pm
IDF: Hezbollah was ready to invade en masse after Oct. 7; we covertly raided 1,000 sites
Army reveals 3,000 terrorists were in position to storm Galilee; strikes drove them away; commandos then carried out 70 forays into Lebanon to seize weapons, raze sites and tunnels
By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner
An Israeli soldier stands inside a Hezbollah tunnel that crosses from Lebanon to Israel, on the border between Israel and Lebanon in northern Israel, on May 29, 2019. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
September 30, 2024, 3:13 pm
Troops said to enter Hezbollah tunnels with pre-invasion forays into Lebanon
Wall Street Journal report latest to indicate soldiers making small-scale incursions across border as IDF readies for possibility of wider offensive
By ToI Staff
People take part in the funeral procession of Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 22, 2024. (AFP)
September 25, 2024, 1:24 pm
Pager, walkie-talkie explosions took 1,500 fighters out of action – Hezbollah source
Officials within the terror group say chain of command remains intact, and fighters are trained to operate even if it breaks down, pointing to underground arsenal, tunnel network
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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