Israel has carried out at least 61 strikes across Syria on Saturday and throughout Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
The UK-based monitor said military warehouses in Homs, Deraa, Suweida and the Qalamoun mountains near Damascus were struck, while air defences at the Hama airport were also targeted.
Israel has reportedly carried out over 800 strikes targeting Syria one week after sending troops to occupy the buffer zone between Israel and the occupied Golan Heights for the first time since 1974, in violation of the UN-placed Agreement on Disengagement accord.
The invasion came amid the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which saw the surrender of Syrian army positions after the rebel offensive swept through swathes of the country.
This comes after Israeli forces wreaked havoc in the town of Quneitra, close to the Israeli border, reportedly destroying its streets and cutting off water supply works and electricity poles. The Israeli army ordered also residents out of the area on Sunday.
Meanwhile in Gaza, at least 19 Palestinians have been killed and 30 others injured, including women and children, following a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces across the besieged territory, Palestinian media said.
According to the Wafa news agency, one of the deadliest incidents occurred when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in the northern Gaza town of Izbat Beit Hanoun.Â
