By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Maija Ehlinger, CNN

(CNN) — The Israeli military carried out strikes on Hezbollah “drone factories” in southern Lebanon and suburbs of Beirut on Thursday, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital.

The Israeli attack marked its biggest escalation in Lebanon since the US-brokered a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in November.

The Israel Defense Forces said it was striking “terror targets of the Hezbollah Aerial Unit (127)” in the southern suburb of Dahieh, Beirut.

NNA news reported strikes from Israeli drones, saying that a “series of warning strikes, numbering more than seven” had targeted the city’s southern suburbs. The news outlet also said that Israeli drones carried out an airstrike

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