The Israeli military said on Sunday, November 8, that troops operating in the southern Lebanon security zone had uncovered two stockpiles of Hezbollah weapons and equipment close to United Nations posts in the Meiss El Jabal area, and a separate apartment used by Hezbollah for military purposes near another UN post in Et Tiri, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Source: Jerusalem Post, Nov 8, 2026

During operations by the 'Oded' (9th) Brigade Combat Team in Meiss El Jabal, soldiers found the two stockpiles — one in a civilian home situated approximately 200 metres from a UN post, and one in a storage facility approximately 100 metres from a UN post, the IDF said, in a statement relayed by All Israel News.

Source: All Israel News, Nov 8, 2026

100 mdistance from a UN post of the storage-facility stockpile in Meiss El Jabal, the IDF said
200 mdistance from a UN post of the civilian home holding the second stockpile, the IDF said
250 mdistance from a UN post of the Hezbollah-used apartment found in Et Tiri, the IDF said

What the military says was inside

The stores contained Kalashnikov rifles, RPG launchers and rockets, a PK machine gun, fragmentation grenades, an explosive device, ammunition, and communications and surveillance equipment, the IDF said. The weapons were found alongside humanitarian aid boxes and emblems of the Amal and Hezbollah organisations, according to the military's account. In Et Tiri, troops of the Kfir Brigade Combat Team located the apartment about 250 metres from a UN post, containing surveillance equipment, combat gear, living supplies and Hezbollah emblems, the IDF said. Both brigades operate under the 91st Division in the security zone in southern Lebanon.

The IDF's charge against UNIFIL — attributed, and unanswered in these reports

The military said the findings were further evidence that UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, had failed in its mission, and that armed groups were cynically exploiting the force's inaction. That is the IDF's own assessment, presented here as its claim: neither UNIFIL nor Hezbollah had responded to Sunday's announcement in the reports reviewed for this story, and the locations and contents described above rest on the Israeli military's statement, relayed by the Jerusalem Post and All Israel News, rather than on independent inspection.

What is solid

  • The IDF announced on Sunday that its troops found two weapons stockpiles in the Meiss El Jabal area and a Hezbollah-used apartment in Et Tiri, all within 100–250 metres of UN posts (IDF statement via Jerusalem Post and All Israel News)
  • The IDF listed the stockpiles' contents as Kalashnikov rifles, RPG launchers and rockets, a PK machine gun, grenades, an explosive device, ammunition and communications and surveillance equipment, found alongside humanitarian aid boxes
  • Both brigades named in the announcement — 'Oded' (9th) and Kfir — operate under the 91st Division in the southern Lebanon security zone

What is only claimed

  • The IDF's conclusion that the finds prove UNIFIL has failed in its mission — UNIFIL had not responded in the reports reviewed, and the claim is the Israeli military's own
  • Whether the stores and the apartment were active Hezbollah positions as the IDF describes them — the account rests on the IDF statement, with no independent verification in the reports reviewed

What happens next: the announcement lands days after Israel's defence minister warned on Sunday that Hezbollah would face a severe military response and lose more Lebanese territory if it joined an Iranian attack on Israel — and after earlier IDF announcements of large weapons finds in the same security zone, including more than 340 weapons reported on November 6. Whether UNIFIL responds to the latest charge, and whether the finds are independently documented, will decide how far Sunday's claim travels beyond the IDF's own statement.