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Israeli airstrikes soon followed in what Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement was a “warning operation” that “struck elements of an extremist group that was preparing to continue attacks on the Druze population in the town of Sahnaya.”

Israel's military struck the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said that a "serious message" had been conveyed to the Syrian government that they expected it "to act to prevent harm to the Druze".

In February, Netanyahu warned that he would not "tolerate any threat to the Druze community in southern Syria" from the country's new security forces.

In the final days of the Biden administration, Trump’s emissary, Steve Witkoff, did help nail down a ceasefire, mainly by pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who wanted to please the incoming president.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump met again this month — from positions of power and comfort, deciding the fate of people they will never meet.