Hezbollah denies Israeli control over the Ali Taher Heights

Israeli forces do not control the Ali Taher Heights in southern Lebanon, despite what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed last night. This was reported by sources close to Hezbollah consulted by ANSA, confirming what was written this morning by al-Akhbar, a newspaper close to the pro-Iranian armed party.

The sources, anonymous because they were not authorized to speak to the media, claim that the Israeli army only penetrated the edge of the Ali Taher forest and was unable to enter its depths.

As regards the fate of the Hezbollah fighters, the sources state that they have been evacuated on several occasions, since the alleged ceasefire at the end of June, and after the Israeli army had repeatedly tried in vain to penetrate the site. The same sources specify that the facilities in question were not combat installations, but logistical, command and shelter structures, the importance of which Hezbollah had already reduced after the 2024 war, transferring much of the equipment elsewhere.

What keeps the defense of the hill standing, according to the reconstruction of sources close to Hezbollah, is above all a network of posts built outside the structures themselves, which have so far repelled Israeli assaults and which remain operational today.

The sources cite as a clue the persistence of air and artillery raids on the area, carried out "almost daily" even in the last few hours, including two air attacks yesterday on the Ali Taher forest, in an area that the Israeli army claims to control entirely.