UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi mentioned an Israeli air strike hit “humanitarian buildings” Saturday at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria that was beforehand hit final month.
The crossing, generally known as Jousieh on the Syrian aspect, turned a key escape route for these fleeing the Israel-Hezbollah warfare after the primary border crossing between the 2 nations was hit.
Nevertheless it was put out of service late final month when an Israeli strike created a big crater that blocked automobile site visitors.
“A brand new Israeli air strike hit the border put up of Jousieh, the place many Lebanese and Syrians cross from Lebanon to Syria,” Grandi mentioned on social media platform X.
“Humanitarian buildings have been additionally struck,” he mentioned, including that “even fleeing and caring for those that flee have gotten troublesome and harmful because the warfare continues to unfold.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based warfare monitor, mentioned two Israeli strikes hit the Jousieh crossing on Saturday.
The raid got here after the primary crossing between Beirut and Damascus, generally known as Masnaa on the Lebanese aspect, was pressured to shut by an Israel strike on October 4.
There are six official crossings between Lebanon and Syria, though there are lots of unofficial routes throughout the porous border.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hezbollah of transporting weapons to Lebanon from Syria by way of the crossings.
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