Syrian insurgents have entered the central towns of Rastan and Talbiseh, just north of the central city of Homs, bringing them closer to Syria’s third largest city. A day earlier, jihadi-led opposition fighters captured the central city of Hama, Syria’s fourth largest.

The Israeli army bombed homes in overnight strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 15 people in one of the buildings in the town of Beit Lahiya, Palestinian medical personnel said Monday.

House targeted in Tel al-Zaatar neighborhood of Jabalia refugee camp, says Gaza Civil Defense - Anadolu Ajansı