Heavy Israeli airstrikes were reported in Syria’s coastal Tartus region overnight Sunday-Monday, targeting military sites, in the latest such raids since the downfall of former president Bashar Al-Assad’s government.
The attacks were reported by local media and several monitors, with some footage distributed on social media showing explosions, ostensibly from the bombings.
Syrian sources reported that the airstrikes in Tartus caused massive explosions, turning night into day. The strikes reportedly hit 12 radar sites, air defense bases, military sites, the headquarters of Assad’s 23rd Brigade, and other military battalions.
A number of civilians were martyred or injured in what has been described as the heaviest and most violent attacks on Syria since the onset of Israeli aggression.
🚨⚡- Insane scenes from Tartus, Syria, earlier.
Footage shows Israel clearly putting civilians at harm. pic.twitter.com/3dg6IFKzvV
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Sources say an explosion was so big that it measured as a magnitude 3.0 on seismic sensors.
Israeli media reported that a tremor recorded off the coast of Syria late last night was attributed to the heavy Israeli strikes in Tartus region.
A 3.1 magnitude temblor is reported by the Geographic Survey of the Zionist entity’s seismology department at 11:49 p.m. last night, with its epicenter about 28 kilometers (17 miles) off the coast of the city of Banias.
The Israeli military has reportedly launched a series of air strikes on military sites in Syria’s Tartus region. Sources say an explosion was so big that it measured as a magnitude 3.0 on seismic sensors. pic.twitter.com/7X9NPy6RFz
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The earthquake’s depth is measured at 32 kilometers (20 miles), and there is no confirmation that the reading was in fact caused by explosions, The Times of Israeli reported.
Other strikes were also reported in Latakia, according to local media.
Source: Agencies
