The Israeli armed forces have almost completed their operation aimed at destroying underground tunnels dug by the Hezbollah movement from Lebanon into Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
TEL AVIV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th December, 2018) The Israeli armed forces have almost completed their operation aimed at destroying underground tunnels dug by the Hezbollah movement from Lebanon into Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.Over the three-week course of the operation, dubbed "Northern Shield," the Israeli forces have found four such tunnels under the Northern border. Israel believes that Hezbollah used the facilities to transfer militants and weapons to Israel.
"We're here in Northern Command on a Security Cabinet tour. The IDF briefed us on its actions in neutralizing the tunnels. This operation is mostly behind us. There has been exceptional work to deny Hezbollah the tunnels weapon. It invested greatly in this and we destroyed it," Netanyahu said, as quoted by his press service.
Earlier in the day, Netanyahu along with other cabinet members visited the border region.
