Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
At least ten people were reportedly killed on October 31 when a series of Israeli strikes hit the town of al-Qusayr and its surroundings in the southwestern countryside of Syria’s Homs on October 31
In a rare move, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) took responsibility for the strikes, claiming that it targeted weapons depots and command centers belonging to Hezbollah. The Lebanese group established a strong presence in al-Qusayr, which is located less than ten kilometers away from the Lebanese border, after the outbreak of the war in Syria.
The targeted sites belonged to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force and the group’s so-called armament unit, the IDF said in a statement.
The armament unit is responsible for storing weapons in Lebanon, according to the IDF, which noted that the unit recently expanded its activities to Syria, where it stored weapons in al-Qusayr.
The strikes come as part of the ongoing Israeli efforts to prevent weapon transfers from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, it added.
Syrian media said that several residential buildings within al-Qusayr, an adjacent industrial zone and the nearby al-Daf brigade were struck.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Israeli strikes killed ten Syrian nationals, seven civilians and three who worked with Hezbollah. It also said that 11 other people were wounded. However, it is important to note that the London-based pro-opposition monitoring group has regularly been accused by Syrian war analysts of inflating casualty numbers, as well as inventing them wholesale.
Israel escalated its attacks on Syria after the outbreak of the war in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip last October, targeting Syrian military sites as well as personnel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah and other factions of the so-called Axis of Resistance.
After expanding operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon in September, the Israeli military announced that it will work to prevent the supply of any weapons from Iran to Hezbollah through the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Despite taking losses, Syria has so far refrain from responding directly to Israel’s attack in an attempt to avoid a dangerous confrontation.
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