Important Takeaways:
- “Hezbollah’s model is the same as the North Korean model: tunnels in which hundreds of combatants, fully equipped, can pass stealthily and rapidly underground. In our opinion, Hezbollah’s ‘Land of the Tunnels’ project is much larger than the Hamas ‘metro’ project in the Gaza Strip.” — Alma Research and Education Center, July 2021.
- “Various reports indicate that in the late 1980s, and even more so after the Second Lebanon War (2006), North Korea advisors significantly assisted Hezbollah’s tunnel project
- These tunnels facilitate the movement of heavy equipment, missiles and fighters, and even allow missiles to be launched from within.
- Built beneath the border between Lebanon and Syria, these tunnels allow Hezbollah’s smuggling unit and the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force to transport ammunition, supplies and fighters under the border.
- Many of these tunnels are located beneath civilian infrastructure and populated areas, using civilians as human shields for their activities.
- Even if Hezbollah says it will withdraw to north of the Litani River, the tunnels enable it easily to violate that pledge, with no one above ground the wiser. Hezbollah, moreover, never abided by UNSC Resolution 1701 to stop building tunnels and stockpiling weapons in south Lebanon.
- The current war in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip must not end without the destruction of all the tunnels and the total defeat of Hezbollah and Hamas. Those who are pushing for an immediate ceasefire are only empowering Iran and its terror proxies, paving the way for another October 7-style massacre. The defeat of Hezbollah and Hamas will benefit not only the Israelis, but the Lebanese and Palestinians, as well.
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