DAMASCUS — An Israeli airstrike targeted a bridge near the Matrabah crossing on the Syria-Lebanon border early Thursday, injuring eight people and an unknown number of civilians, Syria’s state TV reported.
Four of the injured were border-control policemen, while the other four were customs officers, the report said, adding that the airstrike also damaged the bridge.
It is the first Israeli raid on the Syrian border region since Israel escalated its military operations in Lebanon on Monday.
The Matrabah crossing, linking the al-Qusayr region in the central Syrian province of Homs to Lebanon, has recently been used by displaced Lebanese seeking refuge in Syria.
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