82 died in an Israeli attack on the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, reported the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, quoted by DPA and BTA.
Among the dead were 56 Syrians allied with militias loyal to Iran, the Observatory said. Among them are several officers from the Syrian government forces.
Thirty-one people were injured, including seven civilians, activists said.
However, there are different data on the number of dead, DPA notes.
On the day of the attack - Wednesday - the Syrian state news agency SANA reported that 36 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded.
The buildings in the area were also seriously damaged, reports SANA.
Palmyra, which has witnessed heavy fighting in the past, is located in the Syrian desert and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Palmyra was a popular tourist destination.
Israel is bombing targets in Syria to prevent Iran and its allied militias from expanding their military influence in the country.
Israeli attacks on Syria have increased since the start of the Gaza war in October last year.
Israeli airstrikes in the northern part of Gaza and in areas of Lebanon have claimed the lives of dozens of people, the authorities reported, quoted by DPA and BTA.
The governor of Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel province said at least 47 people were killed, and 22 – injured in Israeli airstrikes in the region on Thursday. Rescuers are looking for people under the wreckage.
Lebanon's health ministry said three people were killed in attacks in the south of the country, and state news agency NNA said Israel had hit Beirut's southern suburbs in several waves.
The Israeli army previously called on residents of the suburbs to evacuate. According to the Israeli military, command centers of the Iranian-backed Lebanese group “Hezbollah” are located in the attacked areas.
No deaths were reported from the Beirut area, DPA notes.
According to Lebanese authorities, more than 3,500 people have been killed so far in Israel's war against “Hezbollah”. In this figure, no distinction is made between civilians and fighters, the DPA clarifies.
For more than a year “Hezbollah” attacked the northern part of Israel with rockets and drones as a sign of support for the Palestinian group “Hamas”. On Thursday, one person died as a result of fire from “Hezbollah” against Israel, reports the agency.
The death toll in Gaza during the 13-month war has exceeded 44,000, the Hamas-controlled group said on Thursday. Ministry of Health.
Over 104,000 Palestinians have been injured since the war began.
An Israeli attack on Thursday morning in a residential area in northern Gaza killed 66 people, most of them women and children, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. More than 100 others were injured, the Palestinian agency informed, quoted by DPA.
UAFA reported that rescuers were digging with their bare hands in an attempt to find people among the debris.
The Israel Defense Forces reported that a “Hamas“ in the Beit Lahiya area. According to the Israeli forces, terrorists were active in this area, who participated in the attack on Israel on October 7 of this year.