TEL AVIV, November 14. /TASS/. Israel has carried out strikes on the Hezbollah Shia organization's weapons storage facilities near the Lebanese capital, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

According to the army, the strikes targeted the Dahieh suburb of Beirut where Hezbollah is based.

"Prior to the strikes, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk to civilians, including issuing advance warnings to the population in the area," the IDF added.

On September 23, Israel launched Operation Northern Arrows against the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Shia movement, carrying out massive airstrikes on its military targets. The stated goal is to create safe conditions for the return of local residents to Israel’s northern border areas. The Israeli army announced the start of a ground operation in the border areas of southern Lebanon on October 1.