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Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skryyrtbme
Hizbullah's Defenses Are Collapsing
(Ynet News) Elisha Ben Kimon - Lt.-Col. B., 37, is the outgoing commander of the IDF's Maglan special forces unit, which has seen months of continuous fighting and deep ground operations in Lebanon. He described what he sees as the collapse of Hizbullah's defensive network. "I think we are fighting an organization that has been badly beaten," he said. "A year and a half ago, Hizbullah was still fighting us directly. Today, it barely dares to create friction with the army. It is simply retreating. Their commanders are sending them into southern Lebanon simply to die, and they are trying to avoid engaging us face to face." He described the destruction of Hizbullah's underground complex beneath Beaufort Ridge, north of the Litani River, in an area used to attack Israeli communities in northern Israel. He described "an underground city" with food and water supplies lasting months, operating rooms and a fully equipped underground hospital capable of treating wounded fighters. "We found an insane amount of weapons and huge warehouses containing hundreds of explosive devices that were intended to be deployed along the roads. Above all, you see a clear Iranian fingerprint....A project built over decades became irrelevant within a single week."