Israel Bombs Beirut, Says Drone Production Sites Targeted

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said after the bombings, ‘We will continue to enforce the cease-fire rules without any compromises.’

Flames and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on June 5, 2025. Hassan Ammar/AP

Israel bombed several sites in southern Beirut and southern Lebanon on Thursday, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) saying it was targeting underground facilities used by Hezbollah to produce drones.

In a statement posted on Friday to social media platform X, the IDF said it had precisely struck sites used to produce and store unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Dahieh and southern Lebanon.