{"id":98836,"date":"2026-05-05T14:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98836\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:02:51","slug":"idf-destroys-30-meter-long-hezbollah-tunnel-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98836\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF destroys 30-meter-long Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozens of explosive devices and anti-tank missiles were located in the tunnel, with several weapons storage facilities additionally located in the area around the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The IDF destroyed a <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hezbollah-chief-rejects-direct-talks-123624026.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hezbollah;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hezbollah<\/a> tunnel measuring approximately 30 meters in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozens of explosive devices and anti-tank missiles were located in the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/watch-idf-dismantles-largest-hezbollah-200014135.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:tunnel;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tunnel<\/a> prior to its destruction, the IDF added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, soldiers from the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-captures-palestinian-man-murdered-022802977.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:IDF;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IDF<\/a>&#8216;s Yahalom Unit and 226th Brigade located several weapons storage facilities in the area around the tunnel, including approximately three tons of explosive material, 43 Claymore explosive devices, mines, anti-tank systems, and Kornet missiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sergeant First Class Y, a soldier in the Yahalom Unit, inside a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, May 4, 2026. (credit: IDF Spokesperson&#8217;s Unit)<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen Hezbollah sites struck in past 24 hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/air-force-expansion-propels-israel-171537619.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The military;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The military<\/a> further announced on Monday that soldiers from the IDF&#8217;s 146th Division struck approximately 15 Hezbollah infrastructure sites over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The targeted sites included military structures, surveillance equipment, and terror-staging areas, the military added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of explosive devices and anti-tank missiles were located in the tunnel, with several weapons storage facilities additionally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[34560,26209,34559,100,10326,93,973],"class_list":{"0":"post-98836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lebanon","8":"tag-anti-tank-missiles","9":"tag-explosive-devices","10":"tag-explosive-material","11":"tag-hezbollah","12":"tag-israeli-soldier","13":"tag-lebanon","14":"tag-southern-lebanon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116522346332597580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}