Israel said it bombed 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 monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.

Israel's Druze spiritual leadership called on its community to prepare to assist their Syrian counterparts “by all means necessary,” calling for a general strike and national days of rage and mourning across Israel,

Syrian government forces entered the majority-Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday with the stated aim of overseeing a ceasefire agreed with Druze community leaders after clashes with local Bedouin tribes left more than 100 people dead.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a video statement imploring members of the Druze community not to cross the border into Syria to try and rescue their brethren under attac

An Israeli airstrike on Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus was caught during a live broadcast, sending a visibly shaken news anchor diving for cover.

AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has once again surged to the forefront of the national crisis, this time with reports of field massacres and tribal clashes between Druze and Bedouins.

Defense Minister Israel Katz called on the Syrian regime to withdraw its forces from the Sweida area and stop its operations against the Druze in the area and threatened that Israel's response would escalate.