LONDON: Syrian authorities have reported that 11 workers were injured in an Israeli drone strike near the town of Yohmor Al-Shaqif in southern Lebanon on Sunday.
A number of injured Syrians were taken to a hospital in Nabatieh for treatment after being struck while unloading poultry from a pickup truck at a farm, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Several others were stranded for more than five hours before Lebanese Red Cross teams reached them.
The strike occurred during Israeli air raids on Lebanese towns which killed 33 on Sunday.
Israeli strikes across Lebanon since the start of March have resulted in nearly 400 deaths, including those of 83 children. They have also left more than 1,100 people injured.
Iran-backed Hezbollah, which the UK and other nations have proscribed as a terrorist organization, has launched projectiles into Israel following US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel has hit back against the group with strikes on southern Beirut and southern Lebanon, while its forces have occupied key areas south of the Litani River.
Thousands of Syrians in Lebanon have returned to the Syrian Arab Republic since the start of the conflict.
There is no record of the number of Syrians permitted to work in Lebanon among the 532,357 refugees registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
