An Israeli strike on the Syrian-Lebanese border kills five Syrian soldiers, while an attack on the southern Lebanese border town of Shebaa kills nine people from the same family.
Five Syria n soldiers were killed in an Israel i strike that targeted a military site on the Syria n-Lebanese border on Friday, Syria n state news agency SANA reported.
"The Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack … on one of our military positions near Kfar Yabus on the Syrian-Lebanese border," SANA quoted the source as saying, adding one other soldier was wounded. The Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources on the ground, said it was the first such strike on Syria since Israel intensified its attacks on Lebanon's Hezbollah this week.Nine people from the same family in the southern Lebanese border town of Shebaa were also killed in an Israeli strike.Nine people from the same family in the southern Lebanese border town of Shebaa were also killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, Shebaa Mayor Mohammad Saab said.
On Thursday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly, his office issued a statement saying the prime minister had ordered Israeli troops to continue fighting with full force in Lebanon. "Israel shares the aims of the US-led initiative of enabling people along our northern border to return safely and securely to their homes."Photo shows A serious-looking older man in a dark suit stands behind a lectern in front of an Israeli flag.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israel on Thursday that further escalation of the conflict involving Lebanon would only make it harder for civilians to return home on both sides of the border, the State Department said.
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