Mine event in Lebanon on Sun 12th July 2026

The IDF's "number 1 most wanted" in southern Lebanon - captured: This is how the Yahyalam unit describes the J-AHM (in yellow on the left) - an Iranian-made anti-helicopter mine, dozens of which were captured in Hezbollah tunnels in the Beaufort Ridge and taken for examination in Israel. Hezbollah feared IDF helicopter raids on their power centers, so they planned to plant these mines in areas that could be helicopter landing pads. There, the mines launch themselves to a height of tens of meters. Until now, the IDF had no idea what exactly this thing looked like, and the Americans themselves were afraid of encountering such mines in the rescue operations of their pilots who were injured and abandoned in Iran.