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 a UNRWA school-turned shelter for the displaced in Khan Younis, killing at least 12 people late on Sunday, including children.
At least 35 Palestinians were also injured, following the attack on the Ahmed Abdel Aziz School. Many of whom in critical condition, medical sources said.
This came as Israeli strikes killed at least 40 people on Sunday mostly in northern Gaza, including Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed al-Louh.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud 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.
