IDF: Lebanese Army failed to dismantle Hezbollah weapons site

(Oct. 20, 2026 / JNS)

The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that Hezbollah continued using a weapons-storage site in Southern Lebanon months after the Lebanese Army reported that it had dealt with the facility.

The IDF said it referred the site in the Kfarra area to the Lebanese Army in December 2025 through a U.S.-led monitoring mechanism established under the 2024 ceasefire understandings.

Footage released by the Israeli military shows Hezbollah terrorists loading weapons from the site onto a truck. Israeli troops subsequently struck the vehicle.

The IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate said elements within the Lebanese Army coordinated with Hezbollah to delay or thwart enforcement operations, allowing the Iran-backed terrorist group to move weapons in advance.

The military urged the Lebanese Army to take more decisive action against Hezbollah’s weapons and military infrastructure in the country’s south.

“The IDF and the Intelligence Directorate continue to monitor Hezbollah’s attempts to rebuild and strengthen its capabilities and will not allow any violation that poses a threat to the State of Israel and its civilians,” it said.

“The Hezbollah terrorist organization dragged Lebanon and its residents into a war in service of Iran during Operation Roaring Lion, launching thousands of rockets, including from areas south of the Litani River, where no armed elements, assets or weapons belonging to anyone other than the Lebanese government or UNIFIL should be present.”