BEIRUT, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes struck the Al-Qaa Jousieh border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for the second time in a week on Saturday, Lebanese military sources said.
Four air-to-ground missiles hit the Syrian side of the crossing in the northeastern Hermel region, creating a crater 10 meters long and 4 meters deep, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The strike rendered the crossing inoperable after it had been partially reopened following an earlier raid.
Israel has targeted the Masnaa border crossing and five other official crossings, along with numerous unofficial routes along the Lebanon-Syria border, since Oct. 4, according to Lebanese officials.
The strikes come amid intensifying cross-border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah since Sept. 23, which have raised fears of a wider regional conflict as the Israel-Hamas war continues in Gaza.
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, reached 2,968, while injuries went up to 13,319, the Lebanese health ministry reported on Saturday. ■
