The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, just days after

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus” as his government made clear Israeli forces would stay in parts of southern Syria for an indefinite period.

Israel carried out airstrikes late Tuesday on several locations in the Damascus countryside and Daraa province in southern Syria. Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Kiswah area south of Damascus and Izraa in Daraa with at least four airstrikes, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

At least two people were killed late Tuesday when Israeli airstrikes targeted a military position south of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to a

The Israeli military said it struck command centers and weapons storage facilities during the strikes. Before the airstrikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called for southern Syria's demilitarization. He had voiced concerns over the presence of forces from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) or the new Syrian army south of Damascus.

Israeli warplanes late Tuesday struck military sites in southern Syria, the Israel Defense Forces said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to demilitarize the border region.

Israel carried out airstrikes targeting military sites in southern Syria early Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the region’s demilitarisation. Watch this report for more details!