An Israeli raid targeting the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon on Friday morning cut off a border crossing between the two countries, caretaker Transport Minister Ali Hamiye told AFP.
This was the second main crossing point to be blocked, out of a total of three.
The crossing, known as Qaa on the Lebanese side, is the second such gateway hit by the Israeli military this month. It previously struck the Masnaa crossing further south, leaving it inoperable.
The Israeli military confirmed on Friday that it had struck a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria that it said was being used by Hezbollah to transfer weapons.
The air strike hit Hezbollah “infrastructure” at the Jousieh crossing in Lebanon's northern Bekaa area overnight, the Israeli military said in a statement.
It said Hezbollah "exploits the Jousieh civilian crossing, which is under the control of the Syrian regime and is operated by Syrian military security, to transfer weapons".
It added that the weapons are transferred from Syria to Lebanon by Hezbollah's 4400 Unit, which it said was responsible for the transportation of arms.
Israel's airstrikes on a Lebanese border crossing is jeopardizing the main escape route for people trying to flee the conflict, the United Nations said Friday.
"This is hindering and really putting at risk a main lifeline that people use to escape the conflict in Lebanon and cross into Syria," Rula Amin, Middle East spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency, told a media briefing in Geneva.
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