Israeli forces struck a former army barracks in Kiswa, southwest of Damascus, after a drone strike killed six soldiers the previous day. Video verified by a fact-checking agency showed Israeli aircraft attacking sites in the village. Syrian sources reported an Israeli landing at the barracks using four helicopters, bringing dozens of soldiers and search equipment and staying more than two hours. No clashes were reported between Israeli landing forces and Syrian army units. Syria's Foreign Ministry condemned the strike as a gross violation of international law and a breach of Syrian sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Local sources report an Israeli operation in Kiswa, where six soldiers were killed by Israeli drones strikes a day before. Israeli forces have conducted a series of strikes on a former army barracks in Kiswa, southwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Syria's state-run al-Ekhbariya TV. Video verified by Al Jazeera's Sanad fact-checking agency showed Israeli aircraft attacking sites in the village on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a Syrian military source told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army carried out a landing operation in the barracks with the use of four helicopters. According to the source, the Israeli army brought in dozens of soldiers and an unspecified amount of search equipment as it spent more than two hours at the site. No clashes took place between the Israeli forces involved in the landing and the Syrian army forces.
The operation came a day after an Israeli drone strike killed six soldiers near Kiswa, and as Syrian officials in the government of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa have increasingly accused Israel of seeking to expand its control in the region. In a statement on Wednesday, Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the strike a gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.
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