Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon uncovered a large Hezbollah weapons cache inside a school building in the village of Al-Khiam over the weekend, in a finding that casts fresh doubt on Lebanese government claims that the terror group had been disarmed south of the Litani River.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the raid was carried out Friday by the Israeli Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit after intelligence pointed to the presence of weapons at the site. The school is located in the Nabatieh Governorate, northeast of the Israeli town of Metula.
The military said commandos found hundreds of weapons stored inside the building, including anti-tank rockets, mortar shells, grenades, launchers, firearms, mines, explosive devices and detonation mechanisms. The cache, the army said, was discovered alongside markings associated with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
🎥WATCH: HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS FOUND IN A SCHOOL
Inside of a school in the area of Al-Khiyam in southern Lebanon, IDF troops found anti-tank rockets, mortar shells, grenades, launchers, light firearms, explosives and more.
All of this was found alongside UNHCR markings of the… pic.twitter.com/IkwJXTq3n0
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 27, 2026
The IDF said the find was further evidence of Hezbollah’s practice of embedding military infrastructure within civilian spaces.
“The presence of weapons in the school in Al-Khiam is another example of the deliberate exploitation of the civilian population to advance Hezbollah’s terrorist objectives,” the military said.
Commandos also reported finding a dismantled and damaged unmanned aerial vehicle at the site.
In remarks released by the army, Shayetet 13 personnel described the cache as including 28 mines, multiple weapons, two 107mm rockets, detonation cord, explosive charges and mine activation mechanisms. The soldiers said operations in the area would continue as part of the effort to eliminate hostile elements and protect residents of northern Israel.
Beyond the tactical significance of the seizure, the discovery carries a broader political message. Only weeks ago, Lebanese authorities were presenting themselves as having restored control in the south and fulfilled their obligations under the November 2024 ceasefire arrangement, including the removal of Hezbollah forces and weapons from the area south of the Litani River.
This latest raid suggests otherwise.
As long as Hezbollah continues in its attempts to rebuild its terror capabilities, the IDF will continue to operate against them. pic.twitter.com/kzzOZ37OqU
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 27, 2026
A school packed with rockets, mines and explosives is not a technical violation or an overlooked remnant. It points to a more serious reality: either the Lebanese state never fully disarmed Hezbollah in the area, or it was unwilling or unable to enforce the terms it publicly claimed to uphold.
Either conclusion is damaging for Beirut. The first implies misrepresentation. The second implies impotence.
For Israel, the cache in Al-Khiam reinforces a point it has made repeatedly throughout the war: Hezbollah’s military footprint in southern Lebanon was not dismantled in any meaningful sense, regardless of diplomatic language or official assurances. It was merely hidden, dispersed and, in this case, stored inside a civilian institution.
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