IDF Uncovers, Destroys Underground Hezbollah Command Center

Engineering forces from the IDF’s 188th Brigade have uncovered and subsequently destroyed an underground Hezbollah terrorist command center in southern Lebanon.

During their operations, the forces located an underground tunnel route — dozens of meters long — that led to the command center, which was used to plan terror attacks and direct rocket fire at Israeli communities in the Galilee over the past year.

Inside the facility, weapons, surveillance systems, and additional military equipment used by Hezbollah to coordinate terror activities in the area were found.

Nearby, several weapons storage facilities were also located, as well as one embedded inside a mosque where hundreds of explosives, rifles, grenades, and additional military equipment were being stored.

After the compound was investigated by the soldiers of the Yahalom Unit, the engineering troops dismantled the command center and the underground tunnel route, confiscating all the weapons found in the area.

The 188th Brigade, under the command of the 91st Division, is continuing its work to remove threats in southern Lebanon in accordance with the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and the conditions of the ceasefire, the IDF said.