The Israeli army announced Tuesday that it identified a Hezbollah precision missile development and enhancement site, which is operated in partnership with Iran, Haaretz reports.
The Shi'ite group has begun evacuating the site over the past several days out of fear of strikes in the area, the Israeli army stated.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the Hezbollah project was intended to improve the organization's crude missiles, so that they could reach a range of over 100 kilometers (62 miles), and their strike radius will be up to ten meters from the intended target.
The compound, the IDF says, is located near Nabi Chit in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. It is an area that has recently been serving as an assembly line for precision weapons, and transfers of equipment needed for the project have been observed there. The equipment, the army claims, was cleared out in past days to civilian areas throughout Lebanon, including in Beirut.