Overview

• Syrian state media and military sources reported that four helicopters and fighter jets inserted dozens of Israeli troops at a site near Al-Kiswah for more than two hours.
• The landing followed a drone strike a day earlier that Syria says killed six soldiers near Kiswa/Tal Maneh, with subsequent strikes preventing recovery efforts until the following evening.
• The targeted location was described as a former Syrian military base at Jabal Manaa/Tal Maneh near Damascus that observers said held weapons linked to Hezbollah.
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called it the first Israeli ground operation of this kind since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, and local reports said no clashes occurred during the raid.
• Israel did not confirm the operation, while Defense Minister Yisrael Katz posted that forces operate day and night for security as Syria condemned the actions as a breach of international law.