{"id":612105,"date":"2026-09-10T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/612105\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:10:08","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-idf-completes-ali-taher-security-zone-destroying-hezbollah-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/612105\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu: IDF completes Ali Taher security zone, destroying Hezbollah tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">IDF soldiers completed the dismantling of underground routes in the Ali al-Taher ridge area after recently establishing operational control over the ridge, both above and below ground, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Thursday, Army Radio cited Lebanese reports as saying that the country registered a magnitude 4.1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-906993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earthquake<\/a> following the detonation.<\/p>\n<p>The underground terrorist infrastructure extended for more than two kilometers. Troops found dozens of Iranian-made rockets, missiles, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-907757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UAV<\/a>s inside, along with machine guns, dozens of anti-tank missiles, and hundreds of mines and explosive devices.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said that a central command complex belonging to Hezbollah&#8217;s Badr Unit was located within the underground infrastructure. The complex contained command centers, weapons storage rooms, and living quarters that enabled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-908236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hezbollah<\/a> terrorists to manage combat operations and remain underground for extended periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Netanyahu and Katz said the infrastructure was a strategic terrorist network built over the course of two decades with Iranian funding and planning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to their statement, the terrorist infrastructure and command center on the ridge were intended to serve as a base for an operation to conquer the Galilee and provided observation and fire control over Metulla and Kiryat Shmona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Its destruction completes the IDF&#8217;s achievement of operational control over the Ali al-Taher ridge, both above and below ground, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">IDF troops are preparing to defend the area and prevent Hezbollah from returning, Netanyahu and Katz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The IDF will remain in the security zone, continue destroying terrorist infrastructure, and thwart any attempt by Hezbollah to reestablish itself in the area or rebuild its capabilities, they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IDF soldiers completed the dismantling of underground routes in the Ali al-Taher ridge area after recently establishing operational&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,86,1031,85,46,2723,88,2899,43],"class_list":["post-612105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-katz","tag-lebanon","tag-military","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}