{"id":125187,"date":"2025-04-30T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=125187"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:30:10","slug":"israel-launches-warning-operation-in-syria-to-deter-attack-on-druze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/125187\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel launches &#8220;warning operation&#8221; in Syria to deter attack on Druze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it carried out what it called a &#8220;warning operation&#8221; against an extremist group allegedly preparing to attack the predominantly Druze town of Ashrafiyat Sahnaya in the south of Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came through a joint statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation came amid ongoing armed clashes in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya between Syrian security forces and what state media have described as &#8220;lawless armed groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria\u2019s Ministry of Health reported that 11 members of the General Security forces were killed in the fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the joint statement, Netanyahu and Gallant said that the Israeli army launched a preventive strike targeting an &#8220;extremist&#8221; group preparing to attack the Druze population in Sahnaya town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that &#8220;a message was passed on to the Syrian regime &#8211; Israel expects it to act in order to prevent harm to the Druze.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement follows a local agreement reached Tuesday between Syrian government representatives and Druze leaders in the nearby city of Jaramana. 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