Two dead in Israeli attacks on the border between Lebanon and Syria, according to OSDH
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported on Tuesday two deaths following Israeli attacks on vehicles near the Syrian village of Al-Nazariya, on the border with Lebanon, an area that was recently attacked by Israel. According to this NGO, which has a wide network of correspondents in the country, this sector is used for smuggling and transporting people and goods on dirt roads between Lebanon and Syria.
Israeli warplanes attacked the Al-Qaa-Jousieh border crossing, located in the rural area of Homs, for the second time in three days, causing significant material damage, according to the OSDH. The Israeli army confirmed that it had attacked this border point located in the Bekaa Plain on October 25, claiming that it was used by Hezbollah to transfer weapons. These Israeli attacks were denounced by the United Nations, saying they threatened the main transit route for people trying to flee the conflict in Lebanon.
The Israeli army had already attacked the Masnaa border crossing further south in early October, rendering it unusable, also alleging that Hezbollah was using it to transport weapons from Syria, a country allied with the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite movement. Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks in the country, targeting the Syrian army and Tehran-backed groups – particularly Hezbollah – deployed in support of government forces.
