
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says an attack on the Druze community in southern Syria proves the interim government remains “violent and cruel extremist Islamists, and the West must not be deceived by their suits and ties”.
“The state of Israel cannot afford to retreat under any circumstances from the buffer zone and the Hermon peak, which are essential for the defence of the Golan Heights settlements, and it will continue to protect the Druze in southern Syria to the best of its ability,” Smotrich wrote on X.
As we reported earlier, Israel launched air attacks on Suwayda, southern Syria, after Syrian government forces entered the Druze city.
Israel has pledged to protect Syria’s Druze, regarding the minority as a potential ally.