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Shayetet 13 raids Khiam school: hundreds of weapons seized including ATGMs, mortars — UNHCR-branded items found

2026-03-27 · 13:00 UTC·Khiam, southern Lebanon

Israel's elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit raided a school in Khiam and captured 'hundreds of weapons including anti-tank missiles, mortars, grenades, rocket launchers, assault rifles, mines, and explosive charges.' Critically: troops also found 'items bearing the logo of UNHCR' alongside the weapons — indicating Hezbollah was using UN refugee agency-branded equipment or facilities for weapons storage.

Forces of the Israeli Navy's elite Shayetet 13 unit conducted a raid at a school in the southern Lebanon town of Khiam following intelligence 'indicating the presence of weapons in the school,' the IDF reported on 27 March 2026. At the school, commandos located hundreds of weapons including anti-tank missiles, mortars, grenades, rocket launchers, assault rifles, mines, and explosive charges. Significantly, the military also said troops located 'items bearing the logo of UNHCR, the United Nations agency for refugees, alongside the weapons.' The discovery of UNHCR-branded items with Hezbollah's weapons cache is diplomatically explosive — it implies that either UNHCR-supplied humanitarian materials ended up in a Hezbollah arsenal, or Hezbollah was using UNHCR-branded items as cover. The Khiam school weapons find follows the Givati Brigade's earlier discovery of a Hezbollah tunnel with three shafts built under a church in the same town — documenting Hezbollah's systematic use of civilian institutions.

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Israel Defense ForcesOPPOSINGMILITARY

IDF Shayetet 13: Hundreds of weapons seized at Khiam school — anti-tank missiles, mortars, grenades, rocket launchers, rifles, mines, explosives. Also found: 'items bearing the logo of UNHCR alongside the weapons.' Evidence of Hezbollah using UN-branded materials in weapons storage.

HezbollahOPPOSINGMILITARY

Hezbollah has not commented on the Khiam school raid. The group's systematic use of schools, churches, and civilian infrastructure for weapons storage and tunnel networks has been documented across multiple IDF operations in Khiam this day.

NATONEUTRALDIPLOMATIC

The discovery of UNHCR-branded items in a Hezbollah weapons cache in Khiam raises serious questions about the diversion of international humanitarian aid. UNHCR has not commented; the UN is already under pressure over the Lebanon humanitarian catastrophe warning.

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T1IDF Shayetet 13 / Times of Israel Liveblog9% reliability