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News Topical, Digital Desk : Israel on Wednesday carried out a major attack near the President's Palace in the Syrian capital Damascus. The Syrian army convoy and the Defense Ministry building were targeted in Israel's major airstrike. The Defense Ministry building has been reported to have been damaged in the attack, while information on how many soldiers in the convoy were killed is not available.
Israelis oppose targeting of Druze population
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the Syrian government should not interfere with the situation of the Druze minority. It should not consider them alone and take military action against them.
Israel will continue to attack
Israel is against targeting the Druze population. If the Syrian army does not stop its actions against the Druze population, Israel will continue attacks.
169 people were reported dead
Five lakh Druze live in Syria while their population in the whole world is one million. Druze are in large numbers in Syria's Sweida and Bedouin cities. For several days, the Syrian government army has been taking action against them with tanks and heavy weapons, in which 169 people are reported to have been killed.
Government army tanks targeted
On Monday, Israel targeted tanks of the Syrian government army involved in the fighting there. After the attack on Wednesday, the Israeli army said in a statement issued on X, "A message has been sent by targeting the main gate of the Syrian government's military headquarters."
demand for response to action
Earlier, people of the Druze community living in Israel reached the Syrian border to show support for their community and also demanded that the Israeli government respond to the actions of the Syrian government. Israel often carried out air strikes in Syria during Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Israel again showed its attitude
Israeli attacks on Syria subsided after interim president Ahmed al-Shara took power and visited Riyadh to meet US President Donald Trump, who was on a visit to Saudi Arabia, but Israel has once again shown its aggressive stance by intervening in the action against the Druze.
Sectarian clashes erupt in Syria
More than 50 people were killed on Monday in a second day of sectarian violence between Bedouin tribes and militias of the Druze religious minority group in Syria. More than two children were among the dead.
facing difficulties
The clashes in Syria's southern province of Sweida underline the difficulties the new government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa is facing in regaining control of the country since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in December.
More than 150 people injured
Druze militias have resisted government efforts to bring all armed groups under its control. A local health official said more than 150 people were injured in clashes that began on Sunday.
A call for restraint
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the government has called for restraint and has sent military forces to resolve the conflict quickly. The Druze community is a religious minority in Syria. This community lives mainly in the province of Sweida and the southern suburbs of Damascus.
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