Israeli Military Finds 4th Hezbollah Attack Tunnel Dug From Lebanon - IDF

TEL AVIV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th December, 2018) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that they had found the fourth attack tunnel dug by militants belonging to the Hezbollah movement on the border between Israel and Lebanon.

"Imagine terrorists digging an attack tunnel like this towards your home. Hacking away inch by inch underground in order to kill you & your family. Israelis don't need to imagine. It's our job to protect them. We just found a FOURTH Hezbollah tunnel dug from Lebanon into Israel," the IDF said on its Twitter blog.

According to the IDF, they have mined the tunnel to prevent Hezbollah militants from using it.

In late November, the Israeli army launched an operation, dubbed Northern Shield, to expose and neutralize cross-border attack tunnels that Hezbollah dug from Lebanon into Israel.

Israel views Hezbollah's presence in Lebanon and Syria as a threat to its national security as the movement is backed by Iran, which is Israel's main rival in the region.