Israel says struck Hezbollah 'smuggling route' on Syria-Lebanon border https://t.co/pUDKjnxYtS
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Israel’s army said Friday it had conducted air strikes on Hezbollah "weapon-smuggling routes" on the Syria-Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...border, just over a week into a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Israeli air force "conducted strikes on weapon-smuggling routes and terror infrastructure sites located near the Syrian regime’s crossings at the Syrian-Lebanese border", the military said in a statement that included a map identifying the crossing as al-Arida.
Lebanon’s National News Agency said the
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on the al-Arida border crossing in the country’s north caused heavy material damage and cut the road.
The Israeli army also said it destroyed Hezbollah weapons in south Lebanon.
Over the past two months, Israel’s airstrikes closed several border crossings between Lebanon and Syria. The al-Arida border crossing was attacked in late November and reopened days later before it was struck again.
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