<span style="color: #222222;">Israeli warplanes attacked a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria in the wee hours today amid rising tensions in the Middle East. <br />''<br />''The Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that the strike comes a day after an alleged Israeli drone crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut while another exploded and crashed nearby.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The agency's report said there were three strikes on a base of Syrian-backed group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, an ally of the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group. There was no immediate comment from Israel on the strike. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency said Israeli warplanes hit near the village of Qusaya in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Airstrikes by Israel against Palestinian factions in Lebanon, such as this one, have been rare in the past years.</span><br />''  <br />