Israeli Fighter Jet Attacks Syrian-Lebanon Border, Rocket Launching Truck Confiscated

Israeli fighter jet/PHOTO via Instagram @stateofisrael

JAKARTA - Israeli fighter jets attacked seven intersection points along the Syrian-Lebanon border on Friday. Israel claims the purpose of the attack to cut off the flow of weapons to the Hezbollah group in South Lebanon.

Israeli troops also confiscated trucks equipped with 40 barrels of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon. In addition, explosives, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and AK-47 automatic rifles were also seized from various regions.

The commander of the Israeli Air Force, Major General Tomer Bar, said Hezbollah was trying to smuggle weapons into Lebanon to test Israel's capabilities.

"This should not be tolerated," he said in a statement reported by Reuters, Friday, December 27.

Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement on November 27, Israel should gradually withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, illegal Hezbollah military facilities south of the Litani River will be dismantled.

However, each side accused the other of violating the treaty, which was meant to end more than a year of fighting that began with Hezbollah's missile attack on Israel after the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023 from Gaza.

On Thursday, UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon called on Israeli forces to step down, arguing they repeatedly violated the treaty.

Israel, which destroyed largely the supply of Hezbollah missiles for weeks of operations in southern Lebanon, said it would not allow weapons to be smuggled into Hezbollah through Syria.