The Israeli army said early on Wednesday it had carried out bombardments on positions of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in Syria in a bid to thwart its “entrenchment” in the country. Israel has exchanged cross-border fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon since it began waging its war in Gaza on October 7, as well as Syria, and has stepped strikes in recent weeks. An Israeli Defence Force statement said the army had “struck military infrastructure that based on precise intelligence was used by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation on the Syrian front.” The military released a video of a strike against a …