Israeli spy devices disguised in nature dismantled by army

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced on Wednesday that it had discovered and dismantled two Israeli spy devices placed in southern Lebanon, without providing further details on the locations where these objects were found. The devices, equipped with cameras and motion sensors, were disguised in a tree trunk and a rock, according to images released by the army on X.

The army dismantled the devices and continued to search for other suspicious objects left behind by the Israeli army. The army also called on residents not to approach or touch any suspicious devices and to alert the army. According to Hezbollah's broadcaster Al Manar, the devices were found in Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya).

According to L'Orient Today's correspondent in southern Lebanon, residents of Houla and Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) reported the discovery of similar objects in their villages.

Following a devastating war that lasted from October 2023 until the ceasefire in November 2024, the Israeli army, after delaying its withdrawal from southern Lebanon for more than two weeks, eventually left the border villages it still occupied, paving the way for a deployment of the Lebanese Army in accordance with U.N. Resolution 1701. However, it maintained its occupation of five "strategic" key points inside Lebanese territory.