An Israeli airstrike hit next to the presidential palace in Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness.


Massive airstrikes damaged the defense ministry in Damascus, live footage on Al Arabiya showed, as Israel intensified attacks on Syria, including the capital.

Israel’s army later said that it struck a “military target” in the area of Syria’s presidential palace.

The Israeli military “continues to strike military targets belonging to the Syrian regime in Damascus,” an army statement said. “A military target in the area of the Syrian regime’s presidential palace in Damascus was struck,” it added.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned the Syrian government earlier on Wednesday to “leave Druze alone” after clashes erupted in the Druze majority Syrian city of Sweida.

With agencies