Israel’s latest bombing of Syria, explained – Mondoweiss

Israeli warplanes killed one and wounded at least 20 in a series of airstrikes on Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday. The strikes included the surroundings of the presidential palace, the Defense Ministry, and the Syrian army’s general staff building in Ummayad Square, the dynamic center of the Syrian capital.

In a joint statement, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed that Israel’s strikes aimed at protecting the Druze…