An Israeli strike has cut off the main international road to Syria, as Israel claims Hezbollah was transporting weapons through the crossing. The border with Syria is the only land route out of Lebanon and the strike could leave thousands who are unable to fly out trapped.
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00:00We were surprised at 3 a.m. that Israel attacked the crossing.
00:29We consider this crossing a vital crossing for the region of Bekaa and for Lebanon as a whole.
00:35This is the only human crossing that Syrian and Lebanese refugees are still leaving.
00:42They are leaving because they don't want to escape the Israeli bombing that is affecting the Lebanese areas.
00:59The Syrian government is trying to stop the Syrian refugees from crossing the border.
01:11As you can see, we are going to Syria to take people and bring people from Syria.
01:17As you can see, the road is closed.
01:19They don't know what to do with some of the holes, whether to close them or not, so that people can come and go.
01:25We are going to Syria.
01:55We are going to Syria.