IDF says it has destroyed most of Hezbollah’s arms production and storage sites in Beirut

The IDF announces that it has demolished the majority of Hezbollah’s weapons manufacturing and storage facilities in Beirut, after carrying out dozens of airstrikes on the Lebanese capital in recent months.

According to the military, over the past two decades, the Lebanese terror group constructed dozens of weapons manufacturing plants and depots under buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh.

The facilities were used by Hezbollah to manufacture and store hundreds of missiles and rockets of different kinds.

In a statement, the IDF says that in recent months it focused on demolishing the sites in a series of airstrikes carried out by fighter jets. During the strikes, secondary blasts were seen, confirming the IDF’s intelligence that the buildings were used by Hezbollah and contained explosives.

One of the main Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plants that was struck recently had been revealed by Israel at the United Nations in 2020, along with other facilities.

According to the IDF, that complex was built under five residential buildings in Beirut, which housed some 50 families. The site was also located close to a school.

The IDF says that Hezbollah would manufacture various components at the site, including parts for precision missiles.

Before each of the strikes, the IDF issued evacuation warnings to civilians in the corresponding area.

The military says Hezbollah’s use of civilian sites for weapon storage and manufacturing “directly endangers the residents of Beirut, as many explosives are hidden under the citizens, often without their knowledge.”

The IDF in its statement also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored there exploded. The military says that the ammonium nitrate was being “used as a component in Hezbollah’s munitions production process.” More than 220 people were killed in the explosion.