The Israeli air force "conducted strikes on weapon-smuggling routes and terror infrastructure sites located near the Syrian regime's crossings at the Syrian-Lebanese border", the military said in a statement that included a map identifying the crossing as Al-Arida.

Syrian state news agency SANA reported that "the Al-Arida border crossing between Syria and Lebanon is out of service again due to an Israeli attack that targeted it" early Friday.

Lebanon's official National News Agency said the strike "led to damage to infrastructure" and cut off the border road "again after the bridge was repaired".

The Israeli army said the strikes aimed to prevent weapons smuggling from Syria into Lebanon. It has struck Syria-Lebanon border crossings in the past for the same reason.

The strike on the crossing came amid mutual accusations between Israel and Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire that came into effect in Lebanon on November 27.

Later on Friday, the Israeli military said its troops operating in southwestern Lebanon had "located and destroyed launchers aimed at Israeli territory, as well as a truck equiped with a missile launcher, mortars, dozens of rockets, crates of ammunition" and assault rifles.

The military insisted it was operating within the terms of the ceasefire agreement.