The IDF confirms carrying out a wave of airstrikes in Syria this evening.
According to the military, the strikes carried out by fighter jets targeted “a military site, anti-aircraft artillery, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria.”
“The IDF will continue to act as required to protect the citizens of the State of Israel,” the military adds.
Israel launched unprecedented airstrikes which targeted just outside the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday...The complex served as the longtime center of the former Assad government, and Jolani (Sharaa) has since been using it as his base from which to rule the country, following Assad's December ouster. Israel, which usually doesn't confirm attacks on Syria, described that its military struck "adjacent" to Sharaa's palace in Damascus.
Syria's 'interim' President al-Sharra also confirmed "bombardment on the presidential palace" and said it marked a "dangerous escalation." Of course, Syria no longer has anti-air defenses or an air force to speak of.
Israel has suddenly presented itself as taking up the cause of Syria's Druze minority, who are the latest to be persecuted at the hands of Jolani's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Sunni militants. This also as Alawites and Christians come under attack.
Clashes in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana earlier this week saw HTS militants seek to root out Druze factions. After days of fighting, many reports indicate that over 100 have been killed in the anti-Druze clashes.
HTS forces are said to be heading south to Druze-dominant communities Suwayda Governorate. Many observers fear clashes could grow and spread to other regions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that Israeli military intervention has sent "a clear message to the Syrian regime: We will not allow (Syrian) forces to deploy south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community."
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