The initial death count reported by the Masyaf National Hospital in the western Hama province was four, but the number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to at least 14 dead and 43 wounded, according to Syrian state media.
Local media also reported strikes around the coastal city of Tartous. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations.
One of the strikes targeted a scientific research centre in Maysaf, and others struck sites where 'Iranian militias and experts are stationed to develop weapons in Syria,' the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Israel has vowed to stop Iranian entrenchment in Syria, mainly because Syria is a crucial route for Iran to send weapons to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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