The Israel Defense Forces said it struck "the entrance" of Syria's military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday.

Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze community in the country’s south on Tuesday, the government said, reigniting fears of attacks against minorities and triggering renewed Israeli strikes on the forces dispatched by Damascus.

Israel bombed the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus as part of a wave of airstrikes aimed at forcing government forces to withdraw from towns near the border. One missile strike on the military headquarters in the capital was captured live on news broadcasts, as warplanes also dropped bombs near the presidential palace.