To obstruct military and humanitarian movements | Israel targets “unofficial” crossing between Syria and Lebanon
An Israeli warplane launched a raid near Hawsh Al-Sayid Ali village, west of Al-Qusayr in Homs countryside. The raid targeted a vehicle near an unofficial border crossing between Syria and Lebanon. No causalities were reported.
This comes as part of Israel’s continued escalation against Lebanon and targeting official and unofficial crossings with Syria, cutting off humanitarian aid, in addition to obstructing the movements of Hezbollah members and the transfer of weapons into Lebanon.
SOHR documented 116 attacks in 2024: 96 airstrikes and 20 rocket attacks by ground forces, during which Israel targeted several positions in Syria, destroying nearly 197 targets, including buildings, weapons and ammunitions warehouses, headquarters, centres and vehicles. These strikes killed 257 combatants and injured 181 others. The fatalities are distributed as follows:
* 25 Iranian members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
* 47 members of the Lebanese Hezbollah.
* 28 Iraqi persons.
* 75 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen.
* 24 Iranian-backed non-Syrian militiamen.
* 56 regime soldiers.
* One unidentified person killed in a building in Al-Mazzeh
An unidentified person killed near “Al-Moalem” roundabout in Al-Qunaitrah.
In addition, those attacks left 40 civilians, including Yemeni doctor and his wife and three children, two children and eight women, dead and nearly 52 other civilians injured.
It is worth noting that one of those attacks killed Baraa Al-Qaterji, a prominent businessman close to Iranians, and his cousin.
The attacks are distributed regionally as follows:
* Damascus and Rif Dimashq: 46 attacks.
* Daraa: 17 attacks.
* Homs: 30 attacks.
* Al-Quneitra: 11 attacks.
* Tartus: Three attacks.
* Deir Ezzor: Five attacks.
* Aleppo: Two attacks.
* Hama: Four attacks.
* Al-Suwaidaa: One attack.
* Latakia: Two attacks.
SOHR would like to point out that Israel sometimes targeted more than one province in a single attack.