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Israel orders military to prepare to strike Syria govt targets if Druze threatened

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Israel’s army chief on Wednesday ordered the military to prepare to strike targets belonging to the Syrian government if the Druze community faced more violence, the military said.

Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir “instructed the IDF (military) to prepare to strike targets belonging to the Syrian regime should violence against Druze communities continue”, the military said, hours after it struck an “extremist group” in the area of Damascus that it said was preparing to attack the Druze.

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