Israel on Tuesday twice bombed several Syrian army positions in Suwayda, a city with a Druze majority in the south of the country, while Damascus troops were deployed to impose a curfew. after sectarian clashes that have left at least 102 dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israeli authorities, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, have justified the air operation as a measure to "protect the Druze population in Syria" and prevent the militarization of an area they consider strategic and close to their border.