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Source: https://www.nysun.com/article/inside-a-war-tunnel-between-lebanon-and-israel
Inside a Terrorist Tunnel between Lebanon and Israel
(New York Sun) Heather Nauert - When in 2018 the Israel Defense Forces discovered a network of underground tunnels along its northern border with Lebanon, I served as the State Department spokeswoman and made it a priority to publicly highlight this worrisome find. But it wasn't until September 2022 that I saw it firsthand. Lt.-Col. Sarit Zehavi, who studies northern border security for the Alma Research Center in Israel, estimates that the tunnels from Lebanon are nearly a hundred miles long and contain underground command and control rooms, weapons, supply depots, field clinics, and shafts used to fire missiles. Along with a bipartisan group of former American officials, I stepped into a dark, damp tunnel that descended underground, ultimately reaching a depth of 260 feet. Strung along the tunnel walls are thick cables powering lights. The tunnel was wide enough to fit fighters carrying weapons and equipment. At the halfway point, nearly under the Lebanese border, Israel had filled the rest of the tunnel with cement. The IDF discovered six tunnels intended for a possible ground war against Israel. For ten years, Hizbullah used heavy equipment to drill through the hard rock.