The IDF said Monday that troops operating in southern Lebanon found two drawings of Adolf Hitler inside a private home in the village of Taybeh.
According to Arabic-language IDF spokesperson Ella Waweya, known as “Captain Ella,” the drawings were signed with the name Hassan Haidar and were believed to belong to a larger portfolio of artwork.
The military said it suspected the portfolio had been prepared for a school operating under Hezbollah’s auspices, describing the drawings as evidence of Nazi ideology being promoted in Shi’ite schools in southern Lebanon.
The IDF did not provide further evidence in the post to identify the artist or to establish the portfolio’s connection to Hezbollah.
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holding as Israel begins withdrawal from Lebanon
The discovery comes as a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah broadly holds and Israel begins testing a phased withdrawal from parts of southern Lebanon. Under a US-backed pilot program, the Lebanese Army has begun entering Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya, with Israel so far withdrawing from Zawtar.
It remains unclear whether the process will lead to wider withdrawals, while Israeli forces continue to hold a security zone several kilometers inside Lebanon.
Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.