Hezbollah on Saturday said it had launched drones against Israel’s Tel Nof airbase south of Tel Aviv, its first claimed attack against the facility.
At war with Israel since last month, after a year of tit-for-tat cross border exchanges, Hezbollah regularly announces the targeting of Israeli military facilities but its statement that it launched "an aerial attack with drones" against Tel Nof base was the first claim of its kind in one year.
The attack claimed by Hezbollah came after a series of Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs late Friday.
Lebanon's official National News Agency said "enemy aircraft" carried out at least eight strikes on the area, a Hezbollah stronghold, targeting districts including Haret Hreik, Burj al-Barajneh and Laylaki.
The Israeli army had earlier told residents of two neighborhoods in the area to leave immediately, warning that it would strike Hezbollah targets there.
"You are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah, against which the Israel Defense Forces (army) will act in the near future," military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.
The evacuation call included maps showing buildings that would be targeted in the Burj al-Barajneh and Haret Hreik districts.
