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Eight Hezbollah militants killed in Israeli strike in Syria

At least eight alleged members of the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah were killed on Monday in a new bombing carried out by Israeli forces against the group’s positions in the Syrian province of Homs (center), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

The London-based organization and which has informants in Syria have indicated that the target is Hezbollah’s “headquarters” near a school in Al Qusayr, southwest of Homs and near the border between Syria and Lebanon, without Syrian authorities being close to the group. Has commented on this matter.

Despite this, Hezbollah has announced the deaths of at least five of its members throughout the day, according to the Lebanese state news agency NNA, without providing details about these deaths.

Similarly, the Observatory has highlighted that “violent explosions” have been recorded in the area, such as the one recorded at a gas station near the city of Homs, and said that “pro-Iranian militias” have been operating in the area. Are. “This area is under the control of Hezbollah,” he said, before adding that several people had been injured in the attack, so it could not be ruled out that the death toll would rise in the coming hours.

So far in 2024, the Observatory has recorded 40 Israeli attacks against Syrian territory, killing 139 people, including 12 civilians, 21 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, 25 Hezbollah militiamen, 31 pro-Iranian Syrian militia fighters and 40 Syrian army involved. Soldier.

Israeli officials, who have not commented on the new bombing, recognize the attacks in Syria, arguing that they serve to prevent the establishment of Iranian bases and the sending of weapons by Tehran to Hezbollah, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the framework of the war that broke out in 2011 after the violent repression of pro-democracy demonstrations within the framework of the Arab Spring. (EP)