How did the IDF capture the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon?

Of all of the battle spaces of the last three years, from Gaza to Syria to the West Bank to Lebanon, the Ali Taher Ridge battle was the most complex to win, Egoz special forces Commander Lt.-Col. “M” told The Jerusalem Post in a rare on-the-record interview on Wednesday.The operation to capture the ridge at the edge of the IDF's zone in southern Lebanon lasted months, as dozens of terrorists, estimated to number around 50, were entrenched inside the tunnel until the IDF took control on September 3.M viewed the defeat of Hezbollah at Ali Taher by his forces and IDF Division 36 more generally as a major setback to the terrorist group and to Iran “both on a symbolic and command-and-control operational level.”The destruction of the 14 tunnel routes on the ridge – stretching about 5.4 k.m.