Overview

• Hundreds of Druze villagers from Majdal Shams breached the security fence to reunite with relatives displaced by sectarian violence in Suweida.
• A fragile ceasefire has paused clashes in southern Syria that killed over 1,100 Druze and uprooted about 120,000 residents this month.
• The IDF allowed residents to cross the border and transferred trauma kits and life-saving medications to hospitals in Suweida.
• Israel conducted airstrikes on Syrian military positions in Damascus and Suweida, an action Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said honored a “deep blood covenant” with the Druze.
• Community leaders remain split over whether further military intervention will secure their kin’s safety or risk escalating the conflict.