IDF's unconventional weapon: trying to flush Hezbollah terrorists out of tunnels

The IDF is deploying drones and powerful loudspeakers in an attempt to flush out dozens of Hezbollah terrorists trapped in tunnels on the Ali Taher ridge, after destroying the tunnels on the Beaufort ridge. So far, the operation has not met with much success, and during a partial attempt, two terrorists were killed and an officer was moderately wounded.

The IDF is employing unconventional measures in an attempt to defeat Hezbollah on the Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. After the IDF blew up and destroyed Hezbollah's strategic tunnels on the Beaufort ridge over the weekend, it is now trying to extract dozens of terrorists trapped in several tunnels on the Ali Taher ridge. The terrorists are surrounded by forces of the 36th Division. As part of the effort, the IDF is inserting drones and operating powerful loudspeakers around the clock to exhaust the terrorists and induce them to surrender or come out and fight. So far, the operation has not met with much success, and most of the terrorists remain in the tunnels. During a partial attempt over the weekend, two terrorists encountered a force of the Egoz Reconnaissance Unit; both were killed, but an officer was moderately wounded. According to foreign reports, the compound beneath the Beaufort ridge was a multi-level Hezbollah command center, built over about two decades at a distance of about six kilometers from Metula, and served as the command center for the Badr Unit. Israeli engineering forces operated inside the compound for weeks, cleared it, and then destroyed it.