Last night, the IDF summed up Operation Northern Shield to locate and neutralize the terrorist tunnels, saying that all six tunnels that Hezbollah dug and prepared for a day of battle were neutralized.
The IDF estimates that there are no more tunnels penetrating Israeli territory and that there are a few more tunnels within Lebanese territory at depths of several hundred meters.
The unveiling of the last tunnel – the Ramiya Tunnel – which was also the largest tunnel excavated to a depth of about eighty meters near the village of Ramiya in the center of the northern sector near Zarit, was the last point of all the tunnels through them. the fence.
Meanwhile, the exposure and neutralization of the tunnels reveals another facet in the context of Hezbollah and its deteriorating economic situation in the past year both due to the difficulties the Allies place on Iran’s patron and the human crisis in which most of its killed fighters come from Shiite villages In his income until he got to the point where he put “charity” funds around Beirut to supplement his income.
Moreover, in light of his difficult financial situation, he finds it difficult to pay compensation and royalties to the families of those killed and injured, which makes it even more difficult for him.
Despite all this, it should be noted that Hezbollah did not abandon its plan of attack even when it was denied a strong infrastructure on which to build for two in the form of neutralized tunnels. The IDF says that the likelihood of an initiated war with Hezbollah is low and that a northern shield has strengthened the deterrence “even the construction of the wall within an interlocking stone we continued,” and this indicates the deterrence.
And while in the army completing the neutralization of the deception tunnel, they continue in the same breath to locate tunnels and other means that the organization uses against the IDF, such as skimmers, photography and information gathering.