Israeli Drone Attack Kills Palestinian Militants And Hezbollah Members In Syria

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JAKARTA - Israeli military drone attacks on cars crossing Syrian checkpoints near the border with Lebanon killed three Palestinian fighters and one member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Reuters quoted a security source as explaining the car was not carrying weapons.

Syrian local official Abdo al-Taqi told Syrian radio stations that the car was targeted on Wednesday, August 28, morning on the road between the Syrian capital Damascus and the Lebanese capital Beirut. Four people were reported dead.

Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and other armed factions have launched rockets and drones to Israel from southern Lebanon.

The groups have strong ties to Iran and the Syrian government and have transported fighters and weapons through the porous Syrian-Lebanon border.

Israel has not commented on the incident. Despite being responsible for the attacks it carried out in Lebanon, Israel has almost never done the same for the attacks it has accused of in Syria.

Israel has been targeting the delivery of weapons and other military infrastructure in Syria for years and has stepped up its attacks there since October, when the Gaza war began.

A drone strike on Wednesday came hours after Israeli airstrikes hit a pickup truck in northeastern Lebanon near the Syrian border.

A security source told Reuters the vehicle was carrying military equipment, possibly a damaged rocket launcher on its way to be repaired.