Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike on a Hezbollah smuggling tunnel connecting Lebanon and Syria on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.
The IDF stated that the tunnel, located in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, had been targeted in previous operations: “The IDF is determined to prevent restoration and use of this tunnel,” it said in a statement.
The latest strike came following reports that Hezbollah is attempting to rebuild the tunnel and continue smuggling weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
Hezbollah is trying to restore strategic smuggling infrastructures and continues to operate to smuggle weapons from Syria to Lebanon. On February 9, 2025, the smuggling tunnel, which was first attacked on October 3, 2024, was attacked again. This is a 3-kilometer-long tunnel pic.twitter.com/jbahRX5hzF
— Quetzalyis Van Luft ✡︎🎗 (@VanLuft) February 10, 2025
IDF EXPOSES HEZBOLLAH TUNNELS ON THE BORDER
A tunnel network discovered within a civilian home in Mis al-Jabal, southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/uLPp5t5pGL
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 1, 2024
In addition to the tunnel strike, the IDF confirmed that airstrikes were carried out against several Hezbollah weapons storage sites and rocket launch positions across Lebanon. These sites, the IDF said, posed an immediate threat to Israel and were in violation of the ceasefire terms.
Lebanese media reported strikes in the Nabatieh area, approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Israel’s border, and in the Baalbek area of the Beqaa Valley, nearly 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Israeli territory.
بالصور.. سلسلة غارات استهدفت وادي عزّة – دير الزهراني pic.twitter.com/ABANVjRS7T
— هنا لبنان (@thisislebnews) February 9, 2025
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have remained high since the ceasefire was implemented. The agreement, initially set to expire on January 27, was extended until February 18, with stipulations requiring Hezbollah to dismantle military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and withdraw its forces north of the Litani River. However, Israeli officials claim Hezbollah has not fully complied, prompting continued IDF operations against the group’s military assets.
The latest IDF airstrikes against Hezbollah’s military infrastructures come amid reports of clashes in Hawik, a Lebanese village in Syria that has allegedly served as a key smuggling route for Hezbollah, between the new Syrian government and local clans.
The clashes are part of Syria’s crackdown on Hezbollah’s smuggling activities along the border, which had long gone unchecked under the Assad regime.
