IDF says it destroyed Hezbollah command tunnel near UNIFIL post

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it demolished an underground Hezbollah command center, built beneath a construction material factory near a peacekeeper post in southern Lebanon, Report informs via The Times of Israel.

During operations in the village of Haddatha, inside the IDF's south Lebanon buffer zone, troops uncovered a 55-meter-long tunnel, the military says.

The IDF says the tunnel featured three rooms, and it was used by Hezbollah as a command center. It was built beneath a construction material factory and located some 300 meters from a UNIFIL building, according to the army.

Nearby, troops also located a pit with dozens of weapons in it, the IDF adds.

Combat engineers blew up the tunnel this week.