A series of Israeli attacks on border crossings between Lebanon and Syria, carried out shortly before the truce with Hezbollah terrorists came into effect the previous morning, were aimed at disrupting smuggling attempts organized by the Lebanese terrorist group .
This was reported by The Times Of Israel news agency.
The attack also served as a clear warning to Damascus that Israel would take tough measures to prevent attempts to supply Iranian weapons to militants through Syrian territory. The IDF said that despite the truce, it will continue to act to prevent the supply of weapons to Lebanese terrorists, including attacks on supplies anywhere in Lebanon or Syria.
“We carried out attacks on Syrian territory, destroying all attempts to transfer weapons to Hezbollah. If we detect attempts to transfer weapons to the organization, we will take action,” said the head of the IDF press service, Daniel Hagari.
In a briefing on Wednesday, November 27, a senior military officer is known to have said that the IDF would not only attack weapons supplies, but also that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime would be responsible for aiding Hezbollah terrorists. .
Previously, Kursor wrote that some experts believe that the success of the rebel offensive in Syria can be explained by the weakening of the positions of the allies of the Syrian regime – Iran and Hezbollah. Western analysts note that Israeli attacks against these forces have weakened their position, which in turn has contributed to an increase in attacks by Assad regime forces against the rebels with the aim of containing their activity.
