Hezbollah's 'teror runnels' are sophisticated like the group itself. One year on from the atrocities of October 7, it's clear that murder comes to Israel not just from the air but from what lies beneath.
LISTEN:At first glance, the scene has an almost rudimentary, amateurish feel. The rock is hard and jagged. Marks and scratches from heavy duty digging equipment mottle the walls.
'As you can see, it has a legend marking Israeli settlements,' Hagari said, holding the map to the camera. 'IDF posts, access roads and attack targets that Hezbollah planned to conquer. Listen Now A wider Middle East conflict would have very big global consequences: Foreign Secretary DAVID LAMMY speaks about Hezbollah devices attack on Mail's new podcast 90 Seconds to Midnight 'This map was supposed to be used by thousands of Hezbollah terrorists on the day of the order to raid the territory of the State of Israel, as Hamas did on October 7.'
Alma assessed their extent as 'significantly larger' even than the network that criss-crosses Gaza – the so-called 'Hamas metro', itself estimated to be longer than London's Tube. Hamas began experimenting with tunnels into Egypt in the late 90s, while Hezbollah only adopted the tactic following its 2006 war with Israel. The two groups have spent years exchanging information and sharing techniques around tunnel warfare.
By the end of January 2019, after finding six tunnels, IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said, 'according to our intelligence and our assessment of the situation, there are no longer any cross-border attack tunnels from Lebanon into Israel'.
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