IDF streift Damaskus; Hunderte von israelischen Drusen versuchen, die syrische Grenze zu überschreiten; Inmitten tödlicher Gewalt in der syrischen Provinz Sweida, in der mindestens 248 Drusen getötet wurden, warnt Israel das syrische Regime, sich zurückzuziehen. Verteidigungsminister Katz droht die Eskalation, wenn sich die Kräfte nicht zurückziehen.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skwgekhixx
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The ongoing situation in Syria seems to be escalating.
* There are now reports of around 250 Druze killed. Videos have surfaced of Syrian regime troops calling for the murder of Druze including old people and children.
* Videos are starting to appear of what looks to be attacks on civilians. I’ve seen for example Syrian regime troops evacuating/hiding/kidnapping a small injured or dead girl. Horrible.
* Israeli strikes over regime targets and supply lines continue. And while still obviously limited, are seemingly escelating.
* Israeli Druze communities called a general strike day, a „Rage day“, and demand Israel to intervene. Dozens of them seemed to have cross the border to help the Syrian Druze by themselves.
Former Israeli PM Bennet on X:
>At this moment, very difficult reports are coming in about a campaign of murder and rape by al-Julani’s forces against members of the Druze community in Syria.
>Israel must act immediately, and not just with symbolic actions, to stop this massacre.
>The action must be taken *now* to save human lives.
>Our Druze brothers fight shoulder to shoulder alongside us and, sadly, also fall alongside us. Now, the State of Israel must stand by their side in their just and humane struggle.
A few interesting questions I have:
Will this new massacre effect the West’s seemingly huge support to the new Syrian regime?
What should Israel really do here? How far should it intervene?
I think right now there is a chance that the only thing standing between the Syrian Druze and a huge massacre like [happened to the Alawites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_massacres_of_Syrian_Alawites), is Israel.
I prefer to think that this (and the massacre of Alawites) is the new Syrian government lacking control over the „army“, which includes huge numbers of what used to be called terrorists, rather than sectarian violence directed from the top.
The Syrian president is an Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist. Hopefully Israel can take out the trash here too.