A Hezbollah flag on the ruins of a building bombed by Israel in Hermel, Bekaa, in November 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)
As it has done countless times since the announcement of the cease-fire in Lebanon, and even before Nov. 27, the Israeli army bombed the Janta and Qasr border posts between Lebanon and Syria on Sunday night, located in the Bekaa Valley and Hermel. The Israeli army stated that it targeted smuggling routes used by Hezbollah to bring weapons into Lebanon, claiming to have acted "in accordance with the cease-fire agreement." These strikes come even as Hezbollah’s arms supplies via Syria have been, by the party’s own admission, heavily impacted by the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Dec. 8. The party was an ally of the Assads and fought alongside them during the Syrian Civil War as early as 2013.Hezbollah acknowledged that its military supply route, vital for Iran's weapon transfers, was cut off after Syrian rebels, led by...
As it has done countless times since the announcement of the cease-fire in Lebanon, and even before Nov. 27, the Israeli army bombed the Janta and Qasr border posts between Lebanon and Syria on Sunday night, located in the Bekaa Valley and Hermel. The Israeli army stated that it targeted smuggling routes used by Hezbollah to bring weapons into Lebanon, claiming to have acted "in accordance with the cease-fire agreement." These strikes come even as Hezbollah’s arms supplies via Syria have been, by the party’s own admission, heavily impacted by the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Dec. 8. The party was an ally of the Assads and fought alongside them during the Syrian Civil War as early as 2013.Hezbollah acknowledged that its military supply route, vital for Iran's weapon transfers, was cut off after Syrian rebels, led by...
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