Overview

• The Israeli army said it struck the entrance to Syria’s military headquarters at the presidential palace in Damascus, targeting what it described as a key military site.
• Syrian state media reported Israeli drones hit the Druze-majority city of Sweida, and an AFP correspondent witnessed an attack on a government truck at the city’s western gate as fighting entered its third day.
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly urged Israel to suspend its raids and expressed serious concern over the strikes.
• The European Union condemned the violence, called for immediate enforcement of the ceasefire and demanded respect for Syria’s territorial integrity.
• Israel maintains the operations are defensive measures to protect Syria’s Druze minority and reinforce a demilitarized zone it declared south of Damascus in February.