The Lebanese Army condemned Friday Israel's airstrikes on southern suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon's armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war.

The army statement came hours after the Israeli military struck several buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs that it claimed held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production. The strikes, preceded by an Israeli warning to evacuate several buildings, came on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday.

Iran condemned Israeli "aggression" against Lebanon on Friday after its arch foe carried out air strikes against alleged targets of Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the Thursday evening strikes "as a blatant act of aggression against Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty."

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz praised Thursday the Israeli military after it struck several sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs that it said held underground facilities used by Hezbollah for drone production.

Katz in a statement praised the Israeli air force for "perfect execution" of the strikes and said Israel will "continue to enforce the ceasefire rules without any compromise."

Lebanon's leaders accused Israel of a "flagrant" ceasefire violation by launching strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday ahead of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.

President Joseph Aoun in a statement voiced "firm condemnation of the Israeli aggression" and called the strikes a "blatant violation of an international agreement, as well as the basic principles of international and humanitarian laws and resolutions, on the eve of a sacred religious occasion". He said it demonstrates Israel's "rejection of the requirements of stability, settlement and just peace in our region."

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Thursday that the Lebanese army had dismantled "more than 500 military positions and arms depots" belonging to Hezbollah in the south of the country.

"The state continues its action... to restore its authority over the entire national territory... and to have a monopoly on arms," Salam said in a televised address. The effort follows a ceasefire agreement between the militant group and Israel which ended a war between them last November.

A Lebanese army official said that the army had attempted to convince Israel not to carry out strikes on several sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs Thursday, on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

The official said the army asked Israel to let Lebanese officials go in to search the area under the mechanism laid out in the ceasefire agreement, but that the Israeli army refused, so Lebanese soldiers moved away from the locations.

The Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for parts of Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday, telling residents they were in the vicinity of buildings associated with Hezbollah.

Security forces in the Syrian border city of Qusayr have foiled an attempt to smuggle an arms shipment into Lebanon, the Syrian interior ministry said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that Israel's discontent about the replacement of U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus is "pleasing to the heart."

In remarks published Thurday in local al-Joumhouria newspaper, Berri said that the Israeli discontent is more than enough reason for him to be pleased by the replacement of Morgan Ortagus.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that his visit to Lebanon was not only aimed at signing his new book but was also part of Iran’s policy of “enhancing ties with the new Lebanese government.”