Israel hits two Syria border crossings with Lebanon
Israeli air attacks hit two border crossings linking Lebanon with Syria, Lebanon’s Transport Minister Ali Hamieh has told the Reuters news agency.
The attacks early on Friday hit just across the border on the Syrian side of both the Arida crossing in northern Lebanon and the Jousieh crossing that links to eastern Lebanon, Hamieh said.
Both crossings are important access points to Syria’s Homs province, where opposition forces are seeking to advance against government forces after sweeping through northern Syria.
Israel says it hit Hezbollah ‘smuggling route’ on Syria-Lebanon border
Israel’s army says it has conducted air attacks on Hezbollah “weapon-smuggling routes” on the Syria-Lebanon border, just over a week into a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Israeli air force “conducted strikes on weapon-smuggling routes and terror infrastructure sites located near the Syrian regime’s crossings at the Syrian-Lebanese border”, the military said in a statement that included a map identifying the crossing as Arida.
Meanwhile, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) has reported that the Arida border crossing is out of service due to an Israeli attack.
Israeli soldiers destroy weapons in south Lebanon: Army
Troops in southwestern Lebanon located several rocket launchers, among other weapons, according to the military. An army statement said soldiers found and destroyed launchers, mortars, rockets, ammunition crates and assault rifles. The military operates in accordance with the understandings between Israel and Lebanon, while maintaining the terms of the ceasefire, it added.
Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was brokered less than two weeks ago, Israel has continued to bomb sites across Lebanon, killing and wounding civilians.
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