Inside a Hezbollah tunnel: LAF shows deserted terror hideout to international media - Guy Alster

 

by Guy Alster

The tunnel contained what appeared to be a small medical room, a kitchen, a ventilation system, water tanks, and preserved food supplies.

 

Entrance to a Hezbollah tunnel in Lebanon.

(photo credit: REUTERS)

Foreign journalists were granted rare access to a Hezbollah tunnel near the Israeli border on Friday, part of a media tour organized by the Lebanese military to underscore what it says are efforts to reduce the group’s military presence in the country's south.

The tunnel, located in Wadi Zibqin, a long-time Hezbollah stronghold, was shown to dozens of international reporters. Inside, it included what appeared to be a small medical room, a kitchen, a ventilation system, water tanks, electrical wiring, and preserved food supplies.

Brig.-Gen. Nicolas Thabet, who commands the Lebanese Army’s sector south of the Litani River, accompanied the tour and emphasized the stakes involved.

“We will not give up our objectives, whatever the difficulties may be,” he said. “The army is sacrificing greatly” in what he described as “one of the most dangerous areas in the Middle East.”

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LAF-backed visit comes after Tabatabai's death

Lebanese military officials said the tunnel is one of many former Hezbollah positions in the area that have either been struck or are now under army control. No Hezbollah operatives were seen during the visit.

In August, a deadly explosion at a weapons depot near the tunnel killed six Lebanese Army sappers. The blast was reportedly triggered by stored ammunition.

The tour coincided with renewed tensions following the death of senior Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai, who was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike in Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood on Sunday.

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem claimed that the group had the right to retaliate.

"We have the right to respond, and we will determine the timing," Qassem said. "The assassination of Tabatabai was a blatant act of aggression."

Qassem also claimed that Hezbollah had faced a number of infiltrations and that this was organized by enemies in the United States and from the Arab world.

"The enemy did everything in its power to end the resistance, but it failed. It faced a humble group that was able to confront the tyrannical Israeli-American aggression," he claimed. 

Guy Alster

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-876588

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