A stay tv broadcast was interrupted when Israeli airstrikes hit a Syrian state TV constructing in central Damascus late Wednesday. In a video that went viral, a information anchor was operating off the display as explosions struck the constructing.The video posted by Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz on X, shortly after the assault mentioned, “The painful blows have begun.”Israel confirmed it had launched a direct strike on the Syrian regime’s army headquarters in Damascus, blowing open the doorway gate of the protection compound. The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned the strike was in response to the Syrian regime’s actions in opposition to Druze civilians in southern Syria, notably in Suweida, the place native clashes have intensified following the collapse of a ceasefire.The IDF mentioned it’s finishing up ongoing strikes close to the Syrian Protection Ministry as a part of efforts to disrupt regime convoys and forestall threats close to Israel’s northern border. The army confirmed the operation is constant “in accordance with directives from the political echelon” and that it stays on excessive alert as tensions alongside the border escalate.In one other publish on X, Katz addressed the Druze neighborhood in Israel, stating that the IDF would shield them. “The warnings in Damascus have ended – now painful blows will come,” he wrote. “Our Druze brothers in Israel, you may depend on the Israel Protection Forces to guard your brothers in Syria. Prime Minister Netanyahu and I, as Minister of Protection, have made a dedication – and we are going to uphold it,” added Katz.