A series of Israeli strikes have targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, almost an hour after the Israeli army issued a forced evacuation order to residents in areas that it says held underground facilities used by the Lebanese group Hezbollah for drone production.

The airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, were some of the heaviest since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire came into effect in November.

Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon since the ceasefire, which Lebanon has said are in violation of the agreement. Israeli officials say the strikes are intended to prevent Hezbollah from regrouping after a war that took out much of its senior leadership and arsenal.

Israel has carried out several air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, saying it was targeting Hezbollah's drone production. The attack on Thursday night, the eve of Eid Al Adha, one of the most important celebrations in Islam,

The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, wrote on X Thursday that the buildings, located in the predominantly Shiite southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh — specifically in the neighborhoods of Hadath, Haret Hreik and Bourj el-Barajneh — were “near facilities belonging to the terrorist Hezbollah.”

Israel has hit Beirut’s southern suburbs with a wave of air strikes in one of the largest attacks on the Lebanese capital since a November ceasefire ended its war with militant group Hizbollah.

Israeli aircraft targeted building near Al-Qaem Mosque in Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing warning, says state-run Lebanese news agency - Anadolu Ajansı

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