Syrian-Lebanese border closed after IDF issues evacuation notice - report
The IDF announcement stated that the intended airstrikes were due to Hezbollah's use of the crossing "for military purposes and for smuggling means of combat."
Syria temporarily closed its Masnaa crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border, after the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the area, CNN reported on Saturday night.
The IDF announcement stated that the intended airstrikes were due to Hezbollah's use of the crossing "for military purposes and for smuggling means of combat."
The Syrian Authority for Border Crossings and Customs stated that the Masnaa crossing, also known as the Jdeidet Yabous crossing, was “designated exclusively for civilian passage,” CNN said.
Syria reinforces Lebanon border
On Tuesday, eight sources from both Lebanon and Syria said that Syria had reinforced its border with Lebanon with rocket units and thousands of troops.
The Syrian officers, including a senior member of the military, said the move was aimed at preventing arms and drugs smuggling as well as blocking Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah or other terrorists from infiltrating Syria.
Iran's use of cluster munitions against Israel may be a war crime - Human Rights Watch
“Iran’s use of cluster munitions in populated areas in Israel poses a foreseeable and long-lasting danger to civilians,” said Patrick Thompson, a researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Iran's use of cluster munitions to attack Israel violates the laws of war and may constitute a war crime, according to a Monday report from Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch was able to confirm three separate instances of cluster munitions being delivered by ballistic missiles launched from Iran toward heavily populated areas in Israel. These cluster bombs killed several Israeli citizens, including an elderly couplein Ramat Gan and a construction worker in Yehud.
Most recently, missile fragments hit a parking lot near the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, which serves as the IDF's headquarters, after Iran launched multiple rounds of cluster munitions at central Israel on Saturday.
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