Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, with a 4.1 magnitude tremor recorded in the area.
“This is strategic terrorist infrastructure that was built over two decades, with Iranian funding and planning,” said a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz.
The destruction “completes the achievement of operational control over the Ali al-Taher ridge — above and below ground”, the statement added.
