Al Jazeera explains massive Israeli blasts on south Lebanon hill

Israeli forces announced they carried out large detonations on the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon aimed at destroying tunnels they said belonged to Hezbollah. The military described the blasts as a demolition of underground infrastructure beneath the ridge. According to the Israeli account, the operation involved in excess of 1,100 tonnes of explosives. The explosions produced ground motion that was detected and recorded as a magnitude-4.1 tremor. Al Jazeera covered the event from southern Lebanon, with reporter Zeina Khodr on the scene. The broadcaster’s report noted both the Israeli statement about the scale of explosives used and the seismic reading documenting the blasts’ intensity. The operation was presented by Israeli forces as directed at tunnels they characterize as belonging to Hezbollah; the description of the targets in available reporting uses the term "alleged" to reflect those claims.