⚡️🇮🇱🇸🇾 — Israel’s Druze spiritual leader, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ordering Israeli strikes during the July 2025 sectarian violence in Syria’s Sweida province, saying the intervention helped stop the killings of Syrian Druze while the international community failed to act, According to i24NEWS.

➡️ Tarif said he had urgently appealed to Netanyahu as violence escalated between Druze and Bedouin armed groups, with Syrian government forces accused of siding with Bedouin fighters and committing abuses against Druze civilians. Israel subsequently struck targets in Damascus and forces advancing toward Druze communities.

➡️ Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken directly with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during the crisis, describing the conversation as brief and forceful. According to i24NEWS, Netanyahu demanded that Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida by a specified deadline and threatened further strikes. The Syrian government rejected what it called attempts to involve Syria in Israeli election campaigning and accused Israel of destabilizing Sweida, without confirming or denying the reported conversation.

➡️ Tarif also praised Israeli civilian and medical assistance to Syrian Druze and measures to protect Druze villages in southern Lebanon, describing the relationship between the Druze community, the Jewish people and Israel as a lasting alliance.

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