Israeli forces are believed to be responsible for multiple strikes in Lebanon and Syria on Friday that resulted in the deaths of dozens of soldiers.
More than 40 soldiers were killed in airstrikes near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that tracks the war in Syria, said. The death toll could still rise.
The group said the strikes targeted a missile warehouse used by Hezbollah, the U.S. designated terrorist group based primarily in Lebanon; a training center; and defense factories in Al-Safira. Hezbollah blamed the attack on Israel, which rarely comments on such strikes, according to the Washington Post.
Israel has carried out strikes in Syria both before its current war in Gaza, which began after Hamas’s Oct.
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