Israeli airstrikes targeted missile warehouses in Syria early on Monday, a war monitor said, calling them the “most violent strikes” since 2012.
The strikes hit air defence positions in several areas in the Tartous countryside, as well as other parts of the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Attacks were also carried out in Misyaf, northwestern Syria, and the Deir az-Zour Military Airport, the UK-Based war monitor said.
The strikes on the Tartous area triggered a 3.1 magnitude tremor recorded at round 11:49pm on Sunday.
Additionally, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc’s envoy to Syria was going to Damascus on Monday to talk with rebel leaders, as Western powers stepped up engagement after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
The outreach from Brussels comes after the United States and Britain said they had made contact with the new authorities in Damascus, spearheaded by rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
In Gaza, Israeli strikes struck several shelters for the displaced on Sunday, including the UNRWA-affiliated Ahmed Abdel Aziz School school in Khan Younis, where at least 12 people wee killed, including children.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the Khalil Oweida school housing those displaced by war in Beit Hanoun was also struck
Close to 70 Palestinians were killed in Sunday’s attacks, including Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed al-Louh.
Bassal confirmed al-Louh was killed in the strike that “targeted the Civil Defence site” in Nuseirat camp, which also killed three members of the rescue agency.
Others were killed in other parts of Gaza City, the Shujaiya camp, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia.
