BEIRUT: A source close to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said late on Friday (Aug 3) that Israel carried out strikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria.
A source close to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said late on Friday that Israel carried out strikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria .
The strikes targeted an area near a border crossing"used by Hezbollah to move trucks and group members" between Lebanon and Syria, said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria. 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.
The Lebanese group claimed responsibility for five attacks on Israeli military positions near the border on Friday.
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