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Beastly Boy

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:01 PM Jul 19

Israel preparing to send medical gear to Sweida as clashes persist despite ceasefire [View all]

Israel is preparing to send medical equipment and medicine to a hospital in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in southern Syria, after days of violence left an estimated 900 people dead and the medical facility badly damaged, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday.

The announcement came even as fighting persisted across the Sweida province, despite the latest attempts from Syria’s Islamist-led government to restore order following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.

Deadly violence has plagued Sweida province since last Sunday, with more than 900 people reported dead, as Druze fighters clashed with Sunni Bedouin tribes, who were later joined by government forces.

Reports emerged from Sweida of regime forces killing women and boys, looting homes, and shaving Druze clerics’ mustaches. Videos also showed Druze fighters beating captured government forces and posing by their bodies.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-preparing-to-send-medical-gear-to-sweida-as-clashes-persist-despite-ceasefire/

I can't quite put a finger on it, but there has got to be something genocidal, ethnic-cleansing-ey and land grab-ey about this.
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