The network of tunnels located in southern Lebanon stretches for hundreds of kilometers and even reaches Israel, according to the Israeli expert
A vast network of tunnels far more sophisticated than that of Hamas has been built by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, stretching hundreds of kilometers to the border and even into Israel, according to Tal Beeri, an Israeli intelligence expert.
He reports to Times of Israel that the construction of the Lebanon tunnels began and developed long before those in Gaza “existing information shows a vast network of tunnels in southern Lebanon, deep and multifaceted.”
At the Alma Research and Training Center, which focuses on security challenges on Israel’s northern border, researchers have spent many years investigating the soil of Lebanon.
Tal Beeri, the director of Alma’s Research Department, who served for decades in IDF intelligence units, has exposed this underground network in open source information-based hardware.
Several years ago, Beery managed to track down one online “map of polygons”which covered what he called “the country of tunnels” in southern Lebanon. “The map is marked, from an unknown placewith polygons (circles) indicating 36 geographical areas, cities and villages’he wrote in the 2021 paper.
“In our estimation, these polygons mark Hezbollah centers as part of the ‘defense’ plan against an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Each local staging center has a network of local underground tunnels. Between all these centers, an infrastructure of regional tunnels was built, interconnected with them.
Beery adds that “We found additional materials, such as footage of trucks inside a tunnel with various connecting branches. This particular video we decided not to publish initially, because we did not have definite proof that it was filmed in a tunnel in Lebanon.
We thought it was possible that someone was deliberately trying to mislead us. However, after several checks we have done, including looking at the vegetation, the types of vehicles and the route, we believe it is extremely likely that this is inside Lebanon.”
Berry estimated the length of Hezbollah’s tunnel network in southern Lebanon to be hundreds of kilometers.
The paper also featured a map showing a possible 45km “attack tunnel” route in southern Lebanon.
Photo and video source: Alma Research and Education Center
Source :Skai
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