Israeli attack targets town in Syria’s Homs province, state TV reports

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – An Israeli attack targeted an industrial zone and some residential buildings in the town of Qusayr in Homs province in central Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state TV reported.

The outlet quoted the Homs province’s health director as saying there were no injuries as a result of the attack.

Israel’s military later issued a statement on the incident, saying it attacked ammunition depots used by Hezbollah’s weapons unit in Syria.

“Hezbollah’s munitions unit is responsible for the storage of weapons in Lebanon and has recently expanded its activities into Syria in the area of Qusayr. This is a further example of Hezbollah establishing logistical infrastructure to transfer weapons from Syria to Lebanon through smuggling routes,” the statement said.

A previous Israeli attack on Qusayr on Thursday wounded a number of civilians and caused material damage, state media reported.

Israel’s military said in reference to that attack that it had hit weapons storage facilities and command centres used by militant group Hezbollah.

The Israeli military also said on Monday that it struck Hezbollah intelligence assets near the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Israel says it has been carrying out strikes to reduce the transfer of weapons from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon.