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A rare look inside Hezbollah's secretive bunkers seized by Lebanon's military

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The Lebanese army is on a tight deadline to comply with an American demand to dismantle the military infrastructure of Hezbollah. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn and videographer Adrian Hartrick were given exclusive access to Hezbollah's seized military installations and the army's efforts to retake territory long held by the militants. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

The Lebanese army is on a tight deadline to comply with an American demand to dismantle

0:05.5

Hezbollah's military infrastructure as part of a ceasefire agreement. Israel dealt the terror

0:10.7

group destructive blows over the last two years after Hezbollah attacked northern Israel

0:15.2

following the Hamas strikes of October 7th. Special correspondent, Simona Fultein, and

0:20.5

videographer Adrian Hartrick

0:22.1

were given exclusive access to Hezbollah's military installations recently seized by the

0:27.1

army south of the Latani River as the military works to retake territory long held by the

0:32.6

Iran-backed group. We are with the Lebanese army a few miles north of the border with Israel, about to gain

0:40.3

unprecedented access to one of Hezbollah's core areas of operation.

0:46.3

For the first time in decades, the Lebanese government is asserting sovereignty here.

0:52.3

On the edge of Yatar village, we disembark and leave the cars behind.

0:57.0

The rest of the trip must be made on foot. Hezbollah's military installations are hidden

1:03.0

from sight, tucked away deep in the valleys.

1:06.0

So we know that there is facilities from these telephone wires and this water pumps.

1:13.6

Captain Christian Abushaya is part of the Army's engineering unit tasked with dismantling Hezbollah's weapons.

1:20.6

We are going to see a rocket launcher. The type is Fadi 2. It has eight barrels with eight rockets.

1:30.3

When did you discover or when did you search this area?

1:33.3

Last week.

1:34.3

Last week, so this is pretty recent.

1:36.3

Yes.

1:37.3

It's inconceivable that anyone but Hezbollah could have set foot here before the war,

1:42.3

not the Lebanese army, not civilians, and certainly

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