The statement said: "Four people were killed after being targeted by Israeli aircraft, after they attempted to bring it down," without providing further details.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Ashrafieh Sahnaya and Jaramana areas in Rif Dimashq Governorate witnessed security tensions following the deaths of 16 people, including civilians and security personnel, in attacks carried out by "outlaw groups." The attacks stemmed from the spread of an audio recording attributed to a member of the Druze community that included "insults" to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
According to official sources, security forces, in coordination with Druze community leaders, were able to restore calm in the two areas, which are densely populated by Druze residents, following attacks by "outlaw" armed groups seeking to "create chaos and strife."
The Syrian government announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with the residents of Jaramana, a town in the Damascus countryside, to enhance security and hand over weapons to the state, according to a statement published by the Damascus Countryside Governorate on its official Telegram channel.
Despite these agreements, the Israeli occupation army announced on Friday that it had launched an airstrike on an area adjacent to the presidential palace in the capital, Damascus. Tel Aviv described the strike as a "warning message" to the Syrian administration.
In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz commented on the bombing, saying, "This is a clear message to the Syrian regime (the new administration): We will not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze."
Israel has escalated its incitement campaigns against the new Syrian administration, in a blatant and ongoing violation of the Arab country's sovereignty. It is attempting to exploit the Druze to impose its intervention in Syria, even as Damascus asserts that all components of the population are equal in rights.
Since 1967, Israel has occupied most of the Syrian Golan Heights. Taking advantage of the new situation in the country following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, it occupied the Syrian buffer zone and declared the collapse of the 1974 disengagement agreement between the two sides.
Although the new Syrian administration, headed by Ahmad al-Sharaa, has not threatened Israel in any way, Tel Aviv has been launching airstrikes on Syria on an almost daily basis for months, killing civilians and destroying Syrian military sites, vehicles, and ammunition.
