The Moment a Hezbollah Terrorist Surrenders to Israeli Soldiers

Jerusalem, 13 October, 2024 (TPS) -- Israel soldiers exploring an underground complex in southern Lebanon arrested a Hezbollah terrorist who was equipped for a long stay in one of the shafts, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.

Forces who were surrounding a building located a shaft leading to an underground complex seven meters deep featuring 50 square meters of living space.

In a video released by the army, the Hezbollah terrorist wearing only underpants and sneakers climbed out of the shaft to surrender as soldiers instructed him in Arabic to slowly come out. Troops found a quantity of weapons and other equipment suggesting he was to hide there for an extended period.

Soldiers interrogated him in the field and then brought him to a detention facility in Israel for further interrogation.

Meanwhile, the IDF said that it struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets in the last day, hitting rocket launchers, anti-tank posts, ammunition depots and more.

Hezbollah launched 320 missiles, rockets and drones on Saturday as Israelis marked the solemn Yom Kippur holiday. One UAV struck a retirement home in Herzliya on Friday night, whose residents included Holocaust survivors. Nobody was injured.

After the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, the Iran-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets and launching drones at northern Israel communities daily. According to figures released by the government on Sept. 29, more than 68,000 residents of northern Israel are displaced from their homes. Hezbollah leaders have repeatedly said they would continue the attacks to prevent Israelis from returning to their homes.

Israel’s war goals include securely returning northern residents to their homes.

Israeli officials demand Hezbollah to be disarmed and removed from southern Lebanon in compliance with UN Security Council resolution 1701 which ended the Second Lebanon War of 2006. This includes all areas south of the Litani River such as the cities of Nabatieh and Tyre, as well as the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.