Hezbollah’s Land of Tunnels – A Strategic Weapons Smuggling Tunnel.

On October 3rd, underground infrastructure of Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, which is responsible for transporting and smuggling Iranian weapons into Lebanon, was attacked in northeastern Lebanon. This is a tunnel about three kilometers long, which allowed weapons to be smuggled between Syria and Lebanon. The entrance to the tunnel on the Syrian side is in a mountainous area about 15 kilometers west of Al Qusayr and El Debaa airport (southwest of the city of Homs).
The opening of the tunnel on the Lebanese side is in Marah al-Zakba, about 12 kilometers north of Hermel in the northeast of the Bekaa.
On the Syrian side and on the Lebanese side of the tunnel there are buildings that were apparently used for temporary storage of the weapons that passed through it. The Iranians and Hezbollah are concentrating great efforts to transfer weapons to Lebanon through the corridor routes, with an emphasis on the land route.
One of the main geographical anchors for arms transfers to Hezbollah in Lebanon is the area southwest of the city of Homs.

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  2. I wonder if this American Defense Authorization Act could be amended to include Northern Israel
    US AND GAZA HAMAS TUNNELS Section 1279(f) of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act
    United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation Extension Act
    The United States has played an important role in facilitating security cooperation already but can and should do more to aid Israel in its efforts to eliminate the cross-border tunnels. » Section 1279(f) of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the Department of Defense to “carry out research, development, testing, and evaluation jointly with Israel to establish anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize tunnels,” and “provide maintenance support to Israel for the anti-tunnel capabilities research, development, test, and evaluation activities.” » However, members of Congress have noted that the authorization is slated to expire at the end of 2024. In an effort to extend the authorization, a bipartisan group of congressmen have attempted to pass, thus far unsuccessfully, the United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation Extension Act to extend the authorization through 2026.
    Congress should consider passing legislation that extends the 2016 authorization, slated to expire in December of this year, until at least 2026. It should also consider legislation to grant more funds and a greater mandate to aid Israel’s efforts to destroy tunnels.

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