'Israel' says destroyed 200m-long Hezbollah tunnel in S.Lebanon: PM

The 'Israeli' army destroyed an extensive tunnel built by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said Sunday.

"The tunnel, stretching more than 200 metres and reaching a depth of over 25 metres, contained hundreds of weapons as well as several launch shafts intended to target the State of Israel and its civilians," the joint statement said.

"Israel informed the United States and the US representative in Lebanon in advance of the destruction of the infrastructure," it added.