IDF Demolishes 200-Meter Iranian-Built Hezbollah Drone Tunnel in Majdal Zoun
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz jointly announced Sunday night that the IDF destroyed a major Hezbollah underground complex beneath the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Zoun. The 200-meter tunnel, dug more than 25 meters deep with Iranian planning and funding, housed roughly 50 attack UAVs, explosives, and launch shafts aimed at Israeli cities. Soldiers of the 551st Brigade and Yahalom combat engineers carried out the demolition, sending a blast audible across the Galilee. Netanyahu and Katz stressed that Washington and the US envoy in Lebanon were notified in advance, after earlier strikes had been postponed under American ceasefire pressure, signaling Israel will continue dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure inside the security zone.
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Sources agree on location (Majdal Zoun), 200-meter length, 25-meter+ depth, Iranian construction expertise, 551st Brigade and Yahalom involvement, joint Netanyahu-Katz announcement, and prior US notification. Factual divergence on contents: Ynet, Times of Israel and VINnews describe a UAV facility holding roughly 50 Iranian-made attack drones with launch shafts; Jerusalem Post characterizes the cache primarily as hundreds of weapons with rocket-launch shafts and reports 20 Hezbollah casualties including 10 Radwan operatives, a casualty figure not in the others. Haaretz omits tunnel dimensions, Iranian role detail, and unit names.
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