One person was killed and three others were injured in a new Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, the Health Ministry said.

Israel’s military said it was targeting an underground drone facility in southern Beirut on Thursday, in one of its largest strikes on Hezbollah assets since a cease-fire was agreed to in November.The military said Hezbollah’s aerial unit was producing thousands of drones with help and funding frin Iran.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.

Israeli forces conduct near-daily attacks in southern Lebanon, claiming to target Hezbollah’s activities despite ceasefire - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel launched its most extensive series of airstrikes on the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut on Thursday, as well as Ain Qana in south Lebanon, stating it targeted Hezbollah drone production and storage facilities.

Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon since then, which Lebanon has said are in violation of the ceasefire deal. Israeli officials say the strikes are intended to prevent Hezbollah from regrouping after a war that took out much of its senior leadership and arsenal.

An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese father and son on Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest

Anger is mixed with worry as Iranians in the capital of Tehran woke up Saturday to images of their country’s retaliatory attacks on Israel