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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced late on February 20 that it had launched another series of strikes on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
In a brief statement, the military said that its fighter jets targeted border crossings used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons. It also noted that the attempts by Hezbollah to bring weapons into Lebanon from Syria “constitute a blatant violation of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen news channel, which is close to Hezbollah, said that the strikes took place near the Syrian city of Homs and in the Aakar district of northern Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. No casualties were reported.
Under the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which was brokered by the United States last November, IDF troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon. Within the same period, Hezbollah was to pull out its forces from the region and Lebanese troops were to deploy in the area.
The original withdrawal deadline was January 26, but was extended until February 18 after complaints from Israel. Still, the IDF announced just before the February deadline that it would temporarily keep troops in “five strategic points” in southern Lebanon.
The strikes on the Syrian-Lebanese border were not the the first attack by the IDF after the ceasefire deadline. On February 19, an Israeli drone strike killed a fighter of Hezbollah close to the town of Ayta ash-Shab in southern Lebanon.
In addition to its strikes on Lebanon, Israel continues to launch strikes against targets in Syria. On February 18, a series of strikes hit armored vehicles belonging to the forces of the new transitional government close to the town of Sasa right to the south of the capital, Damascus.
So far, neither Hezbollah nor Syrian government forces have responded to Israel’s repeated attacks. While the two remain at odds over Hezbollah’s strong support for the regime of the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the threat posed by Israel could force the two to cooperate in the future.
syrian government forces…nah more like hts terrorist scum.
a rules based order for zionist control of the mideast where israel makes up the rules as it goes along.
yes, and kills, murders, tortures, burn people.
more war from the chosen-ites , more genocide , more prisoners , more slavery , more lies without any accountability for thier actions . face it israel is the greatest folly in human history .
grow up the jews were the ones who were the very first people to reject slavery you twit. the enslavers have hated them ever since.
here’s what’s happening bishops rise up, is francis latest move challenging the…. you tube another sleepy grumpy dopey its old news that francis has totally transformed the catholic church structurally legally and he has already put into place new laws which will make it impossible, almost, for anyone to ever turn back time. the jeusits always hated the catholics imo secretly i suppose, but we all knew. allegedly
and in a nutshell australia, golden beaches and waves, fun loving freedom worshippers allegedly. spin city, “bullshit high court decisuon proves why australia is so corrupt”… justice matters, you tube.
trumps fired yesterday for me, the chairman of joint chiefs of staff. replaced him with a retiree former. so there will be changes militarily. queen city news. i hr ago you tube