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Expert: Hizbullah Has Tunnel Network Far More Sophisticated than Hamas'
(Times of Israel) Tal Schneider - Intelligence indicates a vast tunnel network in southern Lebanon, deep and multi-pronged, that was begun and developed by Hizbullah long before the one in Gaza. Tal Beeri of the Alma Research and Education Center, which focuses on the security challenges on Israel's northern border, served for decades in IDF intelligence units and has spent years investigating Lebanon's subterranean network. Several years ago, Beeri discovered a map of the "Land of the Tunnels" in southern Lebanon. Beeri said, "We have identified several kinds of tunnels in Lebanon: First, what everybody calls attack tunnels, particularly large and long tunnels that lead from area to area. One can enter them in vehicles and even medium-sized trucks....It could be that there are also 'proximate tunnels.' These are similar to the attack tunnels that the IDF thwarted in 2019 but don't cross the border. They enable access almost to the border, and from there to emerge and attack."