Israeli warplanes raided the Masnaa border crossing between Syria and Lebanon, leading to the road between the two countries being cut off.
Lebanese Transport Minister, Ali Hamieh, told Reuters that an Israeli strike this morning, Friday, October 4, near the Masnaa border crossing with Syria, resulted in cutting off the road used by hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombing towards Syria.
Hamieh stated that the strike occurred inside Lebanese territory near the border crossing, creating a crater four meters in diameter.
The Lebanese channel al-Mayadeen published a video recording, claiming it was from the moment of the Israeli aircraft targeting near the Syrian-Lebanese border, without providing further information.
As of the moment this report was released, Israel has not claimed responsibility for targeting the border crossing between Syria and Lebanon.
Israeli media, including The Times Of Israel, previously reported that the Israeli army imposed a “military blockade” on Lebanon, aiming to prevent the smuggling of weapons into the country from Iran, either through land crossings or via Beirut International Airport.
Since the start of its military operations in Lebanon, Israel has conducted strikes on some border crossings between Lebanon and Syria, and some flights from Iran were not allowed to land in Beirut.
The Masnaa crossing is one of six official border crossings between Lebanon and Syria and has been heavily utilized since the start of military operations in Lebanon, serving as a destination for refugees and those fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
According to the latest statistics released by the Immigration and Passports Department in the Syrian government, on Thursday, October 3, approximately 200,000 Syrians and 72,000 Lebanese moved towards Syria due to the Israeli war on Lebanon.
The local Al-Watan newspaper quoted a source in the Immigration and Passports Department, stating that around 197,000 Syrians returned to their country, including about 15,000 who entered on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that the total number of displaced persons in Lebanon increased to 1.2 million people, most of whom moved to their homes in other areas or stayed with relatives or in hotels and rented homes within Lebanon, in addition to others who traveled by air or crossed into Syria.