Criticism mounted Monday over attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the warning for them to temporarily leave the area where the military is operating against Hezbollah militants .

Two Israeli officials described the attack as an attempt to assassinate a Hezbollah official involved in weapons smuggling. It came as Israel continued to press its campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah,

Syria’s military says Israel carried out a strike in the coastal city of Latakia, wounding two civilians and damaging a military post.

Israel has struck the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, reports stated, and conducted raids in east Lebanon, while Beirut is on high alert.

Israel launched air strikes on the Syrian coastal city of Latakia early on Thursday, Syrian authorities said, as it intensifies raids on areas under the control of President Bashar Al Assad alongside its campaign against his ally Hezbollah.