Israel late on Tuesday attacked Lebanon's three northern border crossings with Syria for the first time, Lebanon's transport minister Ali Hamieh told Reuters.

It was the main route for thousands of people fleeing the war into Syria before it was destroyed by Israeli shelling last month. The restoration of the road follows the truce between Israel and Hezbollah.

Israel targeted on Tuesday 10 legal and illegal crossings between Syria and Lebanon in two separate attacks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. The al-Arida in the Tartous countryside was targeted for the first time along with the al-Dabusiyah and Joseyeh in the Homs countryside,