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Escalating clashes between Palestinian Authority security forces and militants in the West Bank city of Jenin overnight left multiple civilians injured and at least one fighter killed, according to four local sources.

PA forces are seeking to "eradicate sedition and chaos" according to local media citing a PA spokesperson. But Jenin residents and local journalists reported unarmed crowds being targeted by tear gas and gunfire amid protests over the security forces actions.

Locals told ABC News that the PA operation -- which is coordinated with Israel -- has been ongoing for five days, besieging a refugee camp in the city.

-ABC News' Camilla Alcini and Victoria Beaule

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported 75 Israeli airstrikes across Syria overnight Saturday into Sunday, bringing its total tally since the fall of former president Bashar Assad to around 453.

The renewed strikes come despite an appeal by Ahmed al-Sharaa -- the leader of victorious rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, who is also known by his "nom de guerre" Abu Mohammed al-Jolani -- for calm.

Sharaa said HTS and the Syrian transitional government have no interest in being dragged into a new conflict, calling on the international community to pressure Israel to stop its attacks inside Syria. Israel's justification for its strikes, Sharaa said, are now "weak."

At least seven people, including a child, were killed and 30 others were injured in an Israeli strike on the Al-Majda Al Wasilah School complex in Gaza City.

The Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting Hamas militants in the school.

Later in the day 11 people were killed in a strike on the Deir al-Balah municipality building, in the "humanitarian area," which has been targeted previously. The death toll is according to the Gaza Civil Defense.

The mayor of Deir al-Balah, Dr. Diab Al-Jarou, was killed in the strike, according to the Hamas Government Media Office. He is the fourth central Gaza mayor to be killed in Israeli strikes, after the mayors of Al Zahra, Al Maghazi, and Nuseirat, according to the government media office.

The IDF claims the mayor was simultaneously a member of Hamas' military wing and that the strike was targeting him.

At least 55 people were killed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people killed in the war to 44,930, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

The leader of HTS, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, known previously by his “nom de guerre” Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani, gave an exclusive interview to Syria TV where he weighed in on the future for Syria, and addressed issues concerning Israel, Iran, and Russia. He did not mention the United States.

Addressing the future for Syria, he says the focus must now be on creating a state "based on law and institutions".

He says that Syria's priority is reconstruction and not being dragged into new conflicts. He calls on the international community to intervene in the situation with Israel, saying Israel's arguments for its military actions against Syria are now "weak.”

He says Iran used Syria in a way that endangered the country: "We were able to end the Iranian presence in Syria, but we do not hold enmity towards the Iranian people. Our problem was with the policies that harmed our country."

Finally, he stressed that Syria does not want to "provoke" Russia and that Syria is open to discussing a relationship with Russia that serves both countries.

-ABC News’ Victoria Beaule