Air Force hits Syria-Lebanon border crossings, says used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Israeli Air Force struck four land crossings on the Lebanese-Syrian border in Lebanon’s northern Hermel region a short while ago, with the IDF saying that the routes were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons.

In addition to the strikes on the border crossings, the IDF says that a strike it carried out earlier today near Sidon killed a “key” Hezbollah weapons smuggler.

Mohammad Awatsheh was involved in managing weapon transfers to Hezbollah, “including through a front company that transported prohibited goods from various countries, including Iraq, Syria, and Gulf states,” the military says.

Additionally, the military says Awatsheh was the handler for “numerous smugglers responsible for transferring weapons from Iraq to Syria and Lebanon.”

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