The Israeli occupation army claimed, on Tuesday evening, to have destroyed missile production sites and weapons warehouses belonging to Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

"In an intensive effort over the past few months, the IDF has destroyed most of the missile production sites and ammunition depots established by Hezbollah under the (southern Beirut) suburb," the army said in a statement via the X platform.

The Israeli army claimed that "Hezbollah has established, in the past twenty years, dozens of production sites and ammunition depots in the heart of the Dahiyeh area, the party's center of power."

He continued his claim that "the targeted sites contained hundreds of missiles and rockets of various types that were intended to cause serious damage to the State of Israel, and were systematically hidden under civilian buildings."

He claimed that “one of the main sites that was attacked, was already exposed in 2020 at the United Nations, and was established in the heart of the Choueifat neighborhood, under a complex of five residential buildings housing about 50 families, and is located about 85 meters from a school.”

As of 17:40 (GMT), there was no immediate comment from Hezbollah regarding the Israeli army’s statement, but in previous statements it denied the existence of weapons depots or missile sites within residential neighborhoods in the Beirut suburb.

The Israeli claim comes at a time when Hezbollah is carrying out intensive missile attacks on northern and central Israel, causing casualties, deaths, and widespread fires, and millions fleeing to shelters in fear of the intensity of the shelling.

After clashes with factions in Lebanon, most notably Hezbollah, which began the day after Israel launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, resulting in the killing and wounding of more than 146,000 Palestinians, Tel Aviv expanded the scope of the genocide since September 23 to include most areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, through air strikes, and also began a ground invasion in the south.

The Israeli aggression on Lebanon resulted in a total of 3,287 martyrs and 14,222 wounded, including a large number of children and women, in addition to about 1.4 million displaced persons. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after September 23, according to Anadolu Agency’s monitoring of official Lebanese data until Tuesday evening.

Every day, Hezbollah responds by launching missiles, drones, and artillery shells targeting military sites, intelligence headquarters, military gatherings, and settlements. While Israel announces some of its human and material losses, military censorship imposes a strict blackout on most of the losses, according to observers.