Beirut/Jerusalem, June 6 -- The Israeli military launched airstrikes Thursday evening on buildings in several areas of Beirut's southern suburbs after evacuation warnings of attacking Hezbollah military infrastructure in the area.

The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that at least three missiles were fired at the southern suburb of Beirut.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it was striking "targets of the Hezbollah Aerial Unit in Dahieh in Beirut."

The attack came on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday, less than two hours after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning to residents in areas that it says hold underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production.

Earlier in the evening, the...