Heroes Trapped Underground: the Silent Siege of Ali al-tahir

The News:

According to a report published by the Hebrew outlet Walla (July 2026), dozens of Lebanese resistance fighters have been blockaded for several weeks inside a strategic tunnel network in the Ali al-Tahir area, specifically near the town of Tibnit, southeast of Nabatiyeh in South Lebanon.

The Israeli military is enforcing strict "media ambiguity" and official silence on the siege. Per Walla, the Israeli defense establishment fears that directly targeting the trapped fighters will trigger a severe retaliatory response from Hezbollah or direct Iranian intervention, potentially escalating into a full-scale regional war.

Military intelligence indicates the blockaded fighters possess enough water, medicine, and dry rations (including dates and canned goods) to hold out for several more weeks.

International mediators have reportedly attempted to secure safe passage for the fighters.

However, an Israeli security source confirmed their stance remains uncompromising: "Surrender or die in the tunnels."

Our Remark:

While our fighters face slow suffocation under the soil of their own homeland, the puppet theater in Beirut remains deafeningly silent. The current Lebanese government has once again proven its absolute spinelessness. Instead of leveraging diplomatic channels, international law, and state sovereignty to demand the immediate release and safe passage of these Lebanese citizens, our officials sit in their air-conditioned offices, paralyzed by cowardice and complicity.

A state that abandons its defenders under siege is not a state—it is an occupying power's bystander. We demand the Lebanese government break its shameful silence, act like a sovereign authority for once, and aggressively intervene to secure the release of these freedom fighters before time runs out. Silence is treason.