Syria Seizes Weapons Bound For Hezbollah, Still Get Hit By Israeli Strikes (Video, Photos)
Multiple Israeli drone strikes hit the governorate of Rif Dimashq in southern Syria on December 3, just a day after the country’s security forces announced the seizure of a weapon shipment allegedly bound to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon.
The Syrian Arab News Agency said that the strikes targeted Bat al-Ward hill and the road leading to it close to the town of Beit Jinn, which is located right on the front with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. No casualties were reported by the state-run news agency.
Five days earlier, Israeli troops came under attack while conducting an operation to arrest suspects from a “terror group” in Beit Jinn. Six of the troops were wounded and at least 20 Syrians were killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes.
This was the deadliest clash since the Israeli military began conducting such missions in the region after occupying the buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights last year following the fall of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad.
Israel’s Channel 13 reported after the clash that the military could transition to conducting fewer arrest operations against “terror operatives” active near the front and instead increase drone strikes to eliminate targets.
On December 1, the United States President voiced his support for Syria, calling on Israel in a post to Truth Social to “maintain a strong and true dialogue” with the country, warning that “nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous State.”
Following Trump’s warning, Axios reported that the administration is fuming at Netanyahu over Israel’s escalation against Syria.
Later on December 2, The Syrian Ministry of Interior said that its forces seized a large shipment of landmines that was bound to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon.
“Specialized units carried out a raid that resulted in the seizure of 1,250 war mines equipped with detonators, which were intended to be smuggled to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Four of those involved were arrested, while the fifth person was neutralized during clashes with the patrols,” Khaled Abbas Taktouk, Director of the Internal Security Directorate in the Yabroud region in Rif Dimashq, said in a statement published by the Syrian Ministry of Interior.
Only a few hundred landmines were seen in photos shared by the ministry later, which raises questions about the credibility of the claims.
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