Around 240,000 people have crossed the border from Lebanon into Syria since September 23, following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, according to the Lebanese government, Rudaw reported on October 1.

The crossings come as Israel continues to make incursions into its northern neighbour following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 28 in central Beirut. Overall, crossings into Syria remain unknown as the country is still fragmented from its civil war. 

A crisis task force formed by the Kurdish-controlled Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) to monitor the return of displaced persons from Lebanon announced on October 1 that more than 7,000 people, including the Lebanese, arrived in its areas in northern and eastern Syria in the past few days.

"From September 23 to 30, the General Security recorded the crossing of 176,080 Syrians and 63,373 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory," the Unit said in its report.

The arrivals enter through the Tabqa and Tayha crossings into the AANES's areas, which formed a special crisis taskforce for returnees from Lebanon on September 29, to facilitate their arrival following the escalation of bombing in Lebanon.

A statement from the taskforce indicated that the total number of arrivals through the Tabqa crossing reached 2,690, while 1,785 people entered through the Abu Kahf (Tayha) crossing as of yesterday.

Six Lebanese were recorded entering through the Tabqa crossing in Raqqa countryside and three others through the Tayha crossing in Manbij.

Additionally, six deaths were recorded among the arrivals, who are mostly Syrians, including men, women, and children.

According to official Lebanese statistics, about 1,100 people have been killed and around one million displaced since the Israeli escalation with Hezbollah, which began on September 23.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimated that more than 300,000 children have been displaced in Lebanon since the escalation between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago.

Regional tensions have further escalated following Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader on September 28, that was followed by Iran's retaliatory strike on Israeli territories on October 1.

The developments have raised fears of a full-scale regional war with Iran and Israel becoming increasingly belligerent in rhetoric.