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.
#عاجل وخطير 🔸| جيش الدفاع يكشف: العثور على رسمين لأدولف هتلر خلال نشاط عملياتي في جنوب لبنان
🔸خلال نشاط عملياتي نفذتها قوات اللواء القتالي 7 في قرية الطيبة بجنوب لبنان، عُثر على رسمين لأدولف هتلر، ويُرجَّح أنهما كانا جزءًا من ملف أعمال مخصص للمدعو حسن حيدر (حسب التوقيع).… pic.twitter.com/KMFVslecqF
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) July 27, 2026
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.
