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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz shared a video of airstrikes on Syrian Army HQ, causing an anchor to flee.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday shared a video of his country’s armed forces striking Syrian Army headquarters which forced an anchor to abandon her bulletin and run for her life.

While some outlets posted that Israeli strikes targeted a Syrian state-run television news channel, Israel-based news channel ILTV reported that the anchor was reacting to the strikes on the defence ministry and Syrian army headquarters.

The video of the incident was posted by Israeli defence minister Katz with the caption: “The painful blows have begun".

Powerful airstrikes shook Damascus on Wednesday, targeting the defence ministry as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw.

Warplanes swooped low over the capital and unleash a series of massive strikes on central Damascus. The cityscape was blanketed in smoke with a thick plume rising from the defence ministry, a report by Reuters said.

Scores of people have been killed this week in violence around the southern city of Sweida, pitting fighters from the Druze minority against government security forces and members of Bedouin tribes, prompting Israel to strike repeatedly with the declared aim of protecting the Druze.

“We are surrounded and we hear the fighters screaming … we’re so scared," said a resident of Sweida, a predominantly Druze city, while speaking to Reuters.

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