The IDF's 36th Division is continuing to clear tunnels beneath Beaufort Ridge, the military announced on Saturday.
The IDF noted that in one of the tunnel routes, troops discovered maps outlining northern Israel communities that border Lebanon.
According to KAN News, Hezbollah built an extensive underground complex that was intended for emergency use by the terrorist group after it lost Beaufort Castle to Israel's large-scale anti-terror operation in Lebanon.
The tunnel network can reportedly accommodate hundreds of Hezbollah operatives across multiple rooms designed for long-term use.
The rooms include living quarters, plumbing, electrical infrastructure, and extensive anti-tank and aerial defense arrays “intended to target IDF troops and Israeli civilians,” the military stated.
IDF strikes Hezbollah terror targets
In another recent operation, the IDF identified and struck two Hezbollah terror cells operating from an underground route in southern Lebanon.
Troops then found two Kalashnikov rifles and various military equipment on the terrorists, as well as other weapons and launch positions that were destroyed near the underground route.
The IDF also struck more than 70 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in 24 hours, including launchers and buildings used by Hezbollah terrorists to advance terror activities against IDF forces and Israeli civilians.
The IDF announced on Friday that it had recently killed more than 10 of Hezbollah’s field commanders, as well as their successors, during operations in southern Lebanon.
Among the terrorists previously killed was the commander of Hezbollah’s Nasser Unit, Hajj Salameh. Less than two months after his assassination, two of his successors, Mahdi Bazzi and Ashraf Salloum, were killed.
Additionally, the IDF killed the commander of Hezbollah’s Shaqif Sector, Nasser Shaqir, and his successor, Ahmad Sablini, within 12 hours of each other.
The other Hezbollah commanders killed were Bint Jbeil Sector Commander Ali Abbas, Tyre Sector Commander Kamil Younes, Hajir Sector Commander Fuad Moussa, Jibshit Sector Commander Hussein Salami, al-Khiam Sector Commander Ali Khayekh, and Qana Sector Commander Musallam Harb.
Goldie Katz and Leo Feierberg Better contributed to this report.