Israel’s military said it was targeting an underground drone facility in southern Beirut on Thursday, in one of its largest strikes on Hezbollah assets since a cease-fire was agreed to in November. The military said Hezbollah’s aerial unit was producing thousands of drones with help and funding frin Iran.

The Israeli military struck several sites in Beirut's southern suburbs that it said held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production Thursday, on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday

The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted drone production sites that the militant group had set up in Beirut’s Dahiyeh area and the southern village of Ain Qana, saying Hizbollah was “operating to increase production of UAV’s for the next war”.