Israel hits convoy on Syria-Lebanon border: security sources

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Israel forces carried out a strike overnight on a weapons convoy coming from Syria in the Lebanon-Syria border area, security sources told AFP on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"The Israeli air force blew up a convoy which had just crossed the border from Syria into Lebanon," one source said, without giving a precise location for the attack or saying what the convoy was carrying, Agence France-Presse has reported.

An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.

Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace

Lebanese officials say 12 Israeli warplanes have violated Lebanese airspace in less than 24 hours, flying low in several sorties over southern Lebanon, The Associated Press has reported.
 
A Lebanese army statement says the last of the sorties was at 2 a.m. local time Wednesday. It says four warplanes which flew in over the southermost coastal town of Naqoura flew for several hours over villages in south Lebanon before leaving Lebanese airspace.
 
It says similar flights by eight other warplanes were conducted Tuesday.
 
Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace are not uncommon but officials say they have increased in the past few days.