An Israeli military official said, "we are reinforcing forces in the Golan Heights and along the border, ready for a multitude of scenarios."

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa pledged accountability for those who harmed the Druze population, following Israeli airstrikes in Damascus targeting military and government sites. He reassured Druze citizens,

Israel bombed the Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland, where a war monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.

Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

Israel launches major airstrikes on the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, citing the need to protect civilians. These strikes come after weeks of violence by Syrian forces against minorities near the Israeli border.

Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus, including the Ministry of Defence, during live TV broadcasts, sparking widespread attention. The strikes, confirmed by Israel, targeted military sites after clashes in Sweida involving the Druze minority.

Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces.

In a dramatic turn of events, Syrian authorities and Druze leaders jointly announced a new ceasefire in the southern province of Sweida on Wednesday, amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes that have intensified tensions across the war-torn country.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said the clashes started after members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida province set up a checkpoint where they attacked and robbed a Druze man, leading to tit-for-tat attacks and kidnappings between the tribes and Druze armed groups.

Druse militiamen have been fighting with Bedouins in the Sweida Province, and Syrian government forces and the Israeli military are getting involved.