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.
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.
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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