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Israel Strikes near Syrian Presidential Palace in 'Message' to President Sharaa
(Gulf Today) Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military action in the name of Syria's Druze minority. Israel's military said it struck an area "adjacent" to Sharaa's palace in Damascus. A Syrian official told Reuters the target was about 100 meters (330 feet) east of the palace's perimeter. The strike was "a clear message to the Syrian regime: We will not allow (Syrian) forces to deploy south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement.