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IDF strikes underground Hezbollah drone factories in Beirut after evacuation warning
[IsraelTimes] Military slams ‘blatant violation’ of November ceasefire, accuses terror group of preparing for future war; 2nd evacuation warning issued for two sites in southern town of Ain Qana

The Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday evening that it said were used by Hezbollah to manufacture drones, and in a separate instance, also issued evacuation warnings for two areas in a southern Leb
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 town.

The strikes in Beirut hit several underground drone manufacturing facilities belonging to Hezbollah’s aerial forces, also know as Unit 127, according to the military.

Ahead of the strikes, which began shortly after 10 p.m., the IDF said it had "identified that Hezbollah’s aerial unit is working to produce many thousands of UAVs, under the guidance and funding of Iranian terror officials."

This was happening, the military said, "despite the understandings between Israel and Lebanon" as laid out in a November ceasefire agreement that halted more than a year of fighting along Israel’s northern border.

"This activity is a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The Hezbollah terror organization creates challenges for the Lebanese state and thus impairs the implementation of the understandings," the IDF asserted.

In a later statement, the IDF said Hezbollah’s aerial forces launched over 1,000 explosive and surveillance drones at Israel during the war last year, and was currently working, despite the ceasefire deal, to strengthen its capabilities.

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Translated from Hebrew by Google
The IDF attacked underground sites for the production and storage of UAVs and a drone production workshop in Dahiyeh and southern Lebanon.

A short time ago, the IDF carried out a targeted attack using fighter jets, production sites, and UAV warehouses used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization's air unit (127), in Dahiyya in Beirut and southern Lebanon.

Throughout the fighting, the air unit carried out more than 1,000 explosive and collection drone strikes against the territory of the State of Israel.

Despite the understandings of the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, the organization's aerial unit continues to engage in terrorism and is strengthening its capabilities. The unit is working to produce many thousands of drones under the direction and funding of Iranian terrorist elements, as part of Iran's efforts to harm the State of Israel.

Over the years, Iran has been funding and directing terrorist elements in the project, in collaboration with Hezbollah. Hezbollah terrorists come to Iran and are trained for the purpose of self-production of drones in Lebanon.
The IDF has recognized that Hezbollah terrorists have continued to do so even since the understandings came into effect, and is determined to act against terrorists who are trained in Iran for terrorist purposes.

The IDF also attacked a workshop in southern Lebanon for the production of drones used for attack, intelligence gathering, and improving the surveillance capabilities of the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Prior to the attack, steps were taken to reduce the likelihood of harming civilians, including the use of precision weapons, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence. The infrastructure that was attacked was located in the heart of a civilian population. This is another example of the terrorist organization Hezbollah’s cynical use of Lebanese civilians as human shields.

The activity at these sites constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF is prepared for defense and attack, will continue to act to eliminate any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens, and will prevent any attempt to reestablish the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

"The unit was working to manufacture many thousands of drones under the direction and funding of Iranian terror officials, as part of Iran’s efforts to harm Israel," the IDF said.

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has funded and directed terrorist attacks through this project, in coordination with Hezbollah. Hezbollah gunnies travel to Iran for training in production systems, which supports the group’s ability to independently manufacture UAVs inside Lebanon," the military continued.

"The IDF has identified that Hezbollah gunnies have been continuing this activity even since the understandings came into effect, and the IDF is determined to take action against gunnies trained in Iran for terrorist attacks."

As it generally does before strikes in Beirut, the military issued an evacuation warning for civilians in the vicinity of the targeted buildings.

"You are located near facilities belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah," the IDF’s Arabic-language front man, Col. Avichay Adraee, said on X.

"For your safety and the safety of your families, you are required to evacuate these buildings immediately and move away from them at a distance of no less than 300 meters," said Adraee.

The post was accompanied by maps showing the locations of the soon-to-be targeted buildings.

A video circulating on social media following the evacuation warning showed heavy traffic in Dahiyeh, Beirut, as thousands of people tried to hurriedly leave the area.

AFP photographers reported massive numbers of people trying to flee the area, and Lebanese media reported that it was nearly emptied of inhabitants and had been sealed off.

Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed ahead of the strikes that, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he had "instructed the IDF this evening to strike and destroy buildings used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah to manufacture and store drones in the heart of the Dahiyeh district of Beirut."

"We will continue to enforce the terms of the ceasefire without any compromises, and we will not allow any party to make threats against the northern communities and all citizens of Israel," said Katz.

He stressed that Israel holds the Lebanese government "directly responsible for preventing violations of the ceasefire and all terrorist activity against the State of Israel."

Following the strikes in Beirut, the IDF issued a new evacuation warning for two areas in the southern Lebanese town of Ain Qana, and warned that it would soon strike Hezbollah assets in the vicinity.

Adraee again published maps showing the locations of several buildings that the military intended to target.

"You are located near facilities belonging to Hezbollah," he said, calling on civilians to evacuate at least 500 meters from the areas for their safety.

Lebanese media reported a series of strikes in Ain Qana following the warning, which according to the IDF targeted a Hezbollah workshop used to build drones for attacks and surveillance.

Israel has continued to carry out targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure since it signed a ceasefire with Lebanon in late November, alleging violations of the truce agreement.

According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in that time.

The ceasefire agreement brought to an end more than a year of fighting with the Iran-backed Hezbollah, including two months of open war in southern Lebanon late last year.

Hezbollah began attacking military outposts and communities in northern Israel unprovoked on October 8, 2023, in a show of support for fellow Iranian proxy Hamas
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 in Gazoo
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 after its assault on southern Israel a day earlier.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah was required to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

Since then, the Lebanese state has been working methodically to dismantle the terror group’s infrastructure in the south of the country, and is estimated to have seized the majority of the terror group’s weapons stockpile in the same area.

Earlier on Thursday, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that the Lebanese Armed Forces had dismantled "more than 500 military positions and arms depots" belonging to Hezbollah in the south of the country."

In a televised address marking 100 days in office, Salam said his government was pressing ahead with reforms demanded by the international community.

"The state continues its action... to restore its authority over the entire national territory... and to have a monopoly on arms," he said.

"The Lebanese army is continuing its deployment and has so far dismantled more than 500 military positions and arms depots south of the Litani River" about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Israeli border, Salam said.

The Lebanese premier also criticized Israel for maintaining troops at five locations within southern Lebanon, rather than fully withdrawing as the ceasefire had demanded.

"There can be no security or stability while Israel’s daily violations persist, parts of our land remain occupied and our prisoners are not freed," he said.

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