Today, we can reveal the location of an underground route used as infrastructure for concealed approach and attack by Hezbollah’s Radwan unit in the Ayta Ash-Shaab/Ramyeh area, aimed at the area of Za’arit-Shtula. We identified this route on December 20, 2023, but had already suspected it since September 2023.
The suspicion arose following the construction of a shed during the summer of 2023, near a known Hezbollah position (“Green Without Borders”) between Za’arit and Shtula. This location was near a bend in the road where IDF soldiers were kidnapped in 2006, close to the village of Ramyeh. After the shed was built in the summer of 2023, we suspected it covered an approach tunnel exit shaft. On December 20, 2023, the IDF attacked this ground area south of the villages of Ayta Ash-Shaab and Ramyeh, which also contained several other structures and sheds. According to a video released by the IDF spokesperson immediately after the attack, it was evident that the attack involved 8 large bombs dropped vertically (not diagonally) onto the targets. This method of attack is suitable for targeting underground routes. The structures and sheds that were attacked served as covers for the entry and exit shafts of the underground route dug between them. The locations where the bombs hit allowed us to map out the infrastructure’s route (marked in yellow).
As is now known, these villages served as assembly areas for Radwan operatives. From there, the operatives were supposed to enter the underground infrastructure, prepare, arm themselves, and launch an attack into Israeli territory.
