Aug. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Friday denounced a new Israeli airstrike against targets of the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah, this time on the border between Lebanon and Syria.
The London-based Observatory, which has informants in the Arab country, has specified that the attack took place in the city of Al Qasr, on the Qadaa Al Hirmal border, where “explosions and columns of smoke” were seen from the village of Al Ma’ariya, territory also in the hands of Hezbollah in the countryside of Homs.
SOHR reported the “launching of anti-aircraft missiles in an attempt to counter Israeli airstrikes.” However, it added, these have failed in some spots where “the airstrikes have hit their targets, causing casualties and the burning of trucks.”
The Israeli air strikes hit a weapons depot and a Hezbollah headquarters in the area, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told German news agency DPA, adding that the strikes had caused some fires in the area.
So far, the Israeli authorities have not commented on the matter.
Since the beginning of 2024 and until the end of July, the Observatory has recorded 55 Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, destroying 111 targets – weapons and ammunition depots, headquarters or vehicles – and killing 180 people, most of them Syrian soldiers, Iranians and pro-Iranian militiamen, but also 16 civilians, including a girl.
For their part, the Israeli army and Hezbollah – backed by Iran and with significant political clout in Lebanon – have been engaged in a series of clashes since October 8, one day after the attacks perpetrated against Israeli territory by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions, which left nearly 1,200 dead and some 240 kidnapped.
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