IDF strikes key weapon routes between Syria and Lebanon

Military says airstrikes targeted routes used by Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 for arms transfers; Syrian air defenses reportedly spring into action against incoming threats; 4 people suffer minor injuries

Israeli fighter jets struck Syrian regime transport routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to transfer weapons to Hezbollah, the IDF reported Wednesday night.
The military said that multiple strikes in recent months aim to curb arms transfers from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon, with this latest operation dealing a blow to the terrorist group's Unit 4400, responsible for such transfers.
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משרד ההגנה הסורי פרסם כי ישראל תקפ אווירית גשרים בנהר האורונטס ובכבישים בגבול סוריה - לבנון באזור אל-קוסייר
משרד ההגנה הסורי פרסם כי ישראל תקפ אווירית גשרים בנהר האורונטס ובכבישים בגבול סוריה - לבנון באזור אל-קוסייר
Roads struck in Syria's al-Qusayr
(Photo: Syrian Defense Ministry)
Earlier, a security source told Saudi-owned news channel Al Hadath that Israeli airstrikes targeted key roads between Syria and Lebanon used by Unit 4400 for weapon transfers.
The unit, responsible for moving arms from Iran and its allies to Hezbollah in Lebanon, has been under increased scrutiny after a senior member was killed in Damascus last month.
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משרד ההגנה הסורי פרסם כי ישראל תקפ אווירית גשרים בנהר האורונטס ובכבישים בגבול סוריה - לבנון באזור אל-קוסייר
משרד ההגנה הסורי פרסם כי ישראל תקפ אווירית גשרים בנהר האורונטס ובכבישים בגבול סוריה - לבנון באזור אל-קוסייר
Roads struck in Syria's al-Qusayr
(Photo: Syrian Defense Ministry)
Al Hadath reported that suspected Israeli strikes hit the city of al-Qusayr and nearby villages in the Homs region of Syria. The Syrian radio station Sham FM reported that Syrian air defenses were activated in response to hostile targets in the rural areas of Homs, near the Lebanese border, and that four people sustained minor injuries in the attack near al-Qusayr.
Additionally, the opposition-affiliated Syrian news site Voice of the Capital reported explosions in the area.
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