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Should Israeli Military Defend Syrian Druze? Israel’s Druze Are Divided.
SUWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 24 – Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian government forces amid sectarian clashes that killed over 1,300 people, mostly Druze, in Suweida province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- Clashes erupted in Sweida, Syria, between Druze fighters and Bedouin clans, resulting in hundreds of deaths and threats to Syria's postwar stability.
- Syrian government forces intervened but allegedly sided with the Bedouin clans, leading to reports of civilian executions.
- Hossam Saraya reported a video showing his family being shot by armed men in military garb, indicating sectarian violence.
- Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa denied targeting Druze, claiming they are not the focus, while condemning divisions exacerbated by Israeli airstrikes.
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Should Israeli military defend Syrian Druze? Israel’s Druze are divided.
Amid sectarian violence in Syria in which hundreds of Druze were killed, Israel struck Damascus and issued a warning to the new government. Israeli Druze are mourning the deaths, but are divided over whether Israeli military action is the wisest course.
Video - On 16 July, Israel struck the forces of the Syrian transitional government, against the background of intercommunal confrontations. The intervention was conducted, according to the Hebrew state, in defence of the Druze community, an ethno-religious minority.
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