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Saturday, August 3, 2024
Hezbollah claims convoy of trucks struck by Israel on Syrian-Lebanon border
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A source close to the Hezbollah terror group says that Israel carried out strikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria.
“Three Israeli strikes targeted a convoy of tanker trucks on the Syrian-Lebanese border in the Hawsh el-Sayyed Ali area, injuring one Syrian driver,” the source tells AFP.
It was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes in the border area, the source adds.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor also reports Israeli strikes inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, without mentioning any casualties.
The strikes targeted an area near a border crossing “used by Hezbollah to move trucks and group members” between Lebanon and Syria, the Britain-based Observatory says, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria.
“One of the strikes targeted a truck convoy,” while another targeted “a farm on the outskirts of Qusayr in Homs province,” the Observatory says.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has a strong presence on both sides of the eastern stretch of the Lebanese-Syria border, where it supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
