Friday, May 2, 2025

Israel bombs targets near Syria’s presidential palace – IDF

(Druze my ass. Zionists don't care about Jews much less the Druze. They are claiming everything south of Damascus now belongs to Greater Israel.)

from RT

Israel said on Friday that it conducted airstrikes near the presidential compound in Syria, in response to violence against the Druze minority.

“A short while ago, warplanes attacked the area near Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa’s palace in Damascus,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a brief statement.

Al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, led a coalition of Islamist forces that toppled President Bashar Assad in December 2024. The rapid seizure of the capital and other cities in western Syria was accompanied by massacres of Druze, Christians, and Assad loyalists.

According to Al Jazeera, clashes erupted on Monday in the towns of Jaramana and Sahnaya south of Damascus after an audio clip circulated on social media in which a man criticized the Prophet Mohammed. The recording was attributed to a Druze scholar, who has denied responsibility.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a joint statement on Friday, describing the IDF strikes as “a clear message to the Syrian regime.” They added: We will not allow forces to be sent south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community.”...

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