During operations targeting terrorist infrastructure in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Khiyam, IDF forces uncovered a tunnel roughly 25 meters deep located within a civilian clothing store.

According to the military, the underground passage served as a command center for the Hezbollah terrorist organization, containing weapons and designated rooms used by operatives to coordinate terror activities.

“Hezbollah embeds its terror infrastructure within civilian areas, thereby endangering the residents of Lebanon,” the IDF stated.

“The construction of underground infrastructure within civilian areas in Lebanon constitutes a deliberate and cynical exploitation of Lebanese civilians in order to advance Hezbollah’s terrorist objectives,” the military stressed.