Israel ruins essential Hezbollah underground command center in southern Lebanon in earth-shaking detonation

Israel ruined an enormous underground Hezbollah command center in southern Lebanon late Thursday night, in a series of surges that set off earthquake cautions in Lebanon.

The surprise statement of the detonation came regardless of specific cautions from the Iranian program and Hezbollah versus ruining the complex, where lots of operatives had actually apparently been holed up for months within a substantial network of underground tunnels underneath the Ali al-Taher ridge.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz stated in a joint declaration that the operation finished “the combination of the security zone in southern Lebanon.”

“This was tactical fear facilities developed over twenty years, with Iranian financing and preparation. The horror facilities and the command center on the ridge were developed to function as the staging base for the conquest of the Galilee, and had observation and shooting supremacy over Metula and Kiryat Shmona,” they worried.

מצורף תיעוד מהשמדת התשתיות התת-קרקעיות ברכס עלי טאהר pic.twitter.com/GDHpR984An

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The IDF stated the operation to gradually record and lastly destroy the underground substance was “among the most complicated operations the IDF has actually performed in the last few years.”The military and federal government intentionally kept back details about the continuous operation in order to deny Iran and Hezbollah of a pretext for assaulting Israel.

In a pointed caution, Netanyahu and Katz highlighted that Israel”will continue to safeguard the northern neighborhoods from within Lebanon– and any effort to hurt our people and our forces will be consulted with force.”

Ahead of the demolition, the IDF apparently raised its level of preparedness for prospective vindictive strikes. At the time of publication, neither Iran nor Hezbollah had actually assaulted Israel.

In current days, the IDF has actually been running on the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon (north of the town of Tebnit) versus among the most crucial tactical underground centers within Hezbollah’s “Land of Tunnels” network– the head office of the Badr Unit, which was … pic.twitter.com/UwZtitpU8y— Israel-Alma (@Israel_Alma_org) June 21, 2026

The enormous detonations activated a magnitude 4.1 earthquake caution in Lebanon. “Tonight the mountain ended up being a sandbox,” a senior IDF officer informed Army Radio

Yahalom battle engineers had actually brought roughly 1,100 lots of dynamites in jerry cans on their backs into the tunnels to ruin them, while under continuous hazard of Hezbollah attacks.

Israel Defense Forces reported that the tunnel system “extended for more than 2 kilometers. Lots of Iranian-made rockets, rockets, and UAVs, along with gatling gun, lots of anti-tank rockets, and numerous mines and explosive gadgets, lay within.”

STRUCK: 2 Hezbollah terrorists who opened fire at IDF soldiers from an underground shaft in the Ali al-Taher Ridge. pic.twitter.com/mA7rYhJij0— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF)September 11, 2026

“A main command complex coming from Hezbollah’s “Badr” Unit lay within the underground facilities … [containing] command centers, weapon storeroom, and living quarters that allowed terrorists to handle the fight and stay underground for prolonged durations. This was tactical facilities that was built over twenty years, moneyed and prepared by the Iranian horror program.”

The majority of the underground facilities below the higher Beaufort Ridge and the location of the Nabatiyeh Heights is now ruined, and the IDF stated it would withdraw its physical existence from the Ali al-Taher ridge while continuing to avoid the return of militants to the location through firepower and monitoring, according to Army Radio

The operation started with a task force raid and tactical diversion that allowed soldiers to assault from behind, cut off the location and trap a minimum of 50 Hezbollah operatives underground before they might get away.

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As soon as the IDF developed control over Ali al-Taher ridge, an extremely intricate operation started, including the whole General Staff in addition to intelligence, logistics and interactions systems.

For 3 months, Israeli soldiers methodically “peeled away” Hezbollah’s intelligence-gathering and explosive abilities listed below the ground, while warding off consistent attacks and efforts to resupply the caught terrorists from outdoors.

Israeli soldiers obstructed shipments including interactions devices, food, water, and even chocolate and cigarettes, typically transferred with drones.

According to Army RadioIsrael enabled caught operatives to give up and come out under a white flag; nevertheless, they declined to give up and combated to the end.

WATCH: IDF soldiers discovering lots of weapons, planned for attacks versus Israeli civilians & & IDF soldiers, inside Hezbollah’s underground facilities in the Ali al-Taher Ridge. pic.twitter.com/ziifElFHRQ— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 11, 2026

“All of the terrorists who were inside the facilities were removed or gotten away. Regardless of Hezbollah’s statement that it would protect the facilities at any expense, it stopped working and even deserted its workers to pass away within,” stated IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin.

Some terrorists handled to get away through shafts that IDF soldiers had actually not found or under the cover of heavy fog in the location.

“Terrorists who tried to desert the path or resupply the terrorists caught inside were gotten rid of in strikes from the air and from the ground. A few of the terrorists who tried to run away were gotten rid of in close-quarters battle after coming across ambushes by our soldiers. All of the terrorists who were inside the facilities were removed or gotten away.”

Regardless of these accomplishments, Defrin kept in mind, “The battle came at a heavy expense. Our soldiers– the finest of our children, the very best people– fell in the fights to get control of and clear the ridge. We finished the objective; these accomplishments belong most importantly to them.”