Israel conducted an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced. He also reiterated the promise that Israel will protect the Druze community in Syria.

The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority sect near the capital, Damascus.

Israel's air force launched a strike early on Friday near Syria’s presidential palace in a warning for the Syrian government to stop attacks on the country's Druze minority. The military intervention came as dozens of people have been killed in clashes between pro-government forces and Druze militias near the capital Damascus.