A Syrian source on Wednesday denied as "totally baseless and unfounded" an
Israeli allegation that Israeli warplanes shelled trucks traveling from Syria to
Lebanon carrying weapons and ammunition, the official SANA news agency reported.
Major-General Gadi Eisenkot of the Israeli army command said on Tuesday that
Hezbollah had continued to smuggle weapons from Syria and Israeli warplanes had
destroyed several trucks carrying weapons that had entered Lebanon from Syria.
The Syrian source said that such an Israeli allegation aims to create a
pretext to justify its brutal crimes against innocent Lebanese civilians and
prevent humanitarian aid from reaching the Lebanese people.
The source said that the targeted trucks were a convoy of trucks laden with
medical aid donated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) heading for Lebanon
through the Syrian borders and a truck from Lebanon to Damascus which happened
to be on the site at the time of the attack.
The source said that the UAE convoy included a caravan carrying medical
materials and medicines and some ambulances.
Meanwhile, the UAE Red Crescent condemned the attack, saying that "the
Israeli act contradicts all international charters and violates the Geneva
Convention and international humanitarian laws", SANA said.
