The office of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said today that the Israeli airstrike near the presidential palace in Damascus was a "serious escalation", Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
The strike "is a clear message to the Syrian regime", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement earlier today. "We will not allow (Syrian) forces to deploy south of Damascus or to (create) any threat to the Druze community," they added.