Air Delivered event in Lebanon on Tue 26th November 2024

The IDF releases footage of last night's airstrikes, before the ceasefire took effect, against Hezbollah's largest underground precision-guided missile manufacturing site in Lebanon.

The 1.4-kilometer-long site, located near the town of Janta in eastern Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, very close to the Syrian border, was struck by fighter jets for over four hours, according to the military.

The missile manufacturing plant was built several years ago with Iranian support, the IDF says.

The site was used by Hezbollah to build precision surface-to-surface missiles and other weapons, as well as to store the guided missiles. The IDF says that Iranian operatives also worked at the facility, alongside Hezbollah members.

The military says that due to its proximity to Syria, it allowed Hezbollah to smuggle into Lebanon thousands of components to build the precision missiles, as well as for operatives to travel between Syria and Lebanon.

"This is the most strategic production infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon that was struck during the war. The strike was made possible  by a precise intelligence file that was collected and built over years," the IDF says.

The strike on the manufacturing facility "is a blow to the Hezbollah terror organization's ability to produce weapons," the military adds.

Before the massive bombardment of the site, the IDF says it struck the surrounding area, including a central Hezbollah Radwan Force base. The IDF estimates that dozens of operatives were killed in the strike.