{"id":615536,"date":"2026-09-14T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/615536\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:56:12","slug":"israeli-defence-minister-threatens-to-eliminate-anyone-approaching-southern-lebanon-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/615536\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli defence minister threatens to \u2018eliminate\u2019 anyone approaching southern Lebanon heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">On Thursday, the Israeli army carried out a powerful explosion at the Ali al Taher ridge, claiming it destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel network and other infrastructure extending more than two kilometres (1.24 miles).<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later described the site as the \u201clargest Iranian site outside Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The ridge lies north of the Litani River between Kfar Tibnit and Nabatieh al Fawqa and overlooks large parts of southern Lebanon, giving it strategic military significance.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Earlier this month, Netanyahu claimed that Israeli forces had completed the \u201cclearing\u201d of the area.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed nearly 4,400 people and wounded 12,500 others since March 2, according to official Lebanese figures.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Israel continues to occupy areas in southern Lebanon, including territory held for decades and other locations seized during recent wars and conflicts.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/54e3f0e1e428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2630ad52-10c6-4454-9151-2b49871cf237-1786019732542.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RelatedTRT World &#8211; Next round of Lebanon-Israel talks reportedly delayed amid tensions<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, the Israeli army carried out a powerful explosion at the Ali al Taher ridge, claiming it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-615536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615536","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=615536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}