The IDF struck a Hezbollah weapons depot in southern Lebanon, where weapons intended for attacks on Israeli soldiers in the security zone were stored – just days after an explosive device injured two IDF soldiers.
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It’s possible that cooperation against Hezbollah will not have to wait for peace.
Twenty years in the making, financed by Iran, described by Hezbollah as impregnable – the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon is now history. The IDF demolished the 5.4-kilometer tunnel system with 1,100 tons of explosives.
Destruction of the Badr Unit’s underground command network gives Israel a “physical, not just diplomatic” card to hold in any negotiation, former IDF officer tells JNS.
The Israeli military pushed back against charges from the UN chief regarding strikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds north of the border.
It’s fair to ask why journalists become so interested in the toll from these operations.
The army says it cleared two Hezbollah tunnel routes beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge, an Iranian-planned complex that had supported attacks on Israel and IDF forces.
Military source says combat in the sector is saturated with booby traps, describes nightly procedure of observation, tank fire and drone scans before every building entry.
Something is shifting in the Arab world, still quietly, still far from gaining majority support, but by now impossible to ignore.
The Yiftah border community is welcoming 22 new families to mitigate its loss of 10 after a 16-month-long evacuation.
