He Israeli army announced this Tuesday that it has dismantled a Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into Israeli territory, although it still had no exit, during its operations in southern Lebanon.
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In a press conference, the international spokesperson for the Army, Nadav Shoshanisaid that at the moment there are no more tunnels of the Shiite group that cross into Israel.
The structure still it wasn’t finishedso it had no exit on the Israeli side of the border, and was identified months ago, according to Shoshani.
The spokesman did not want to give details about how the tunnel was discovered, but recalled that Israel has been carrying out missions on Lebanese soil for months, even before the beginning of its invasion (which Israeli authorities describe as “limited raids” against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon) a week ago.
Israel accuses Lebanese group of planning invasion similar to Hamas attacks on October 7
Shoshani further explained that the construction is recent and that it was located near the Israeli community of Zarit, in the Upper Galilee.
Israel accuses the Lebanese group of planning a similar invasion of the Hamas attacks of October 7for which it has accumulated weapons and built infrastructure along the border, and defends that its operations in the area are aimed at preventing this attack.
The country has been engaged in a constant exchange of fire with Hezbollah for a year, although in the last two weeks it has intensified its attacks, concentrated mainly in the south and east of Lebanon but also against the capital, Beirut.
It has also ordered the forced evacuation of more than a hundred Lebanese communities south of the Awali River, located more than 50 kilometers of the border with Israel.
More than 2,000 people and one million have been forced to move, according to Lebanese authorities.
At least eleven Israeli soldiers have also died in combat with Hezbollah, according to the Army.
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