(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.
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