Israel destroys Hezbollah tunnels

The Israeli military is demolishing border tunnels built by Hezbollah that cross into Israel from Lebanon. Israel is also constructing a 130km-long border wall from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hermon in the east

Dec 4: 200m tunnel from Kafr Kela to farmland southwest of Metula discovered. Tunnel – fitted with electricity, ventilation pipe and communications – reaches 40m into Israel

Mediterranean Sea
10km 6 miles

LEBANON
Tyre
Litani River
Kafr Kela
Shaqra
Bint Jubayl
Metula
Mount Hermon
SYRIA
ISRAEL
Golan Heights
Pre-1967 ceasefire line
Qiryat Shemona
Maroun al-Ras
UNDOF zone United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
Shlomi


Blue Line (border)

Border wall built (5.7km from coast to town of Shlomi and 5.5km from Metula towards Qiryat Shemona)

Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon
Some 200 locations – command posts, weapons stores, rocket launchers and underground infrastructure

Border wall: Nine-metre-high wall – equipped with sensors, surveillance cameras and warning systems – will cost 1.7 billion shekels ($473 million)



Sources: Reuters, Haaretz, Israel National News      © GRAPHIC NEWS