Sunday, 26 May 2024

Israel 'kills two Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in drone strike in Syria'

 Israel 'kills two Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in drone strike in Syria', in move that could increase Middle East tensions after Tehran president's helicopter crash death 

Israel is understood to have killed two fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in a drone strike in Syria - a move that could increase tensions in the Middle East following the death of Tehran's president in a helicopter crash. 

The drone fired two missiles at a Hezbollah car and truck near the town of Qusayr in the Homs province, a war monitor in the region has said.  

This is a third Israeli strike against Hezbollah targets in Syria in about a week.

Israel killed eight pro-Iranian fighters in a strike in the Qusayr area, which is close to the Lebanese border on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Another strike on May 18 targeted 'a Hezbollah commander and his companion' but no casualties were reported. 

And on April 2, the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was targeted -killing seven people including a top commander and his deputy.

Israel rarely comments on individual strikes in Syria but has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-enemy Iran to expand its presence there.

The strikes have increased since Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on Oct 7th. 

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