Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the behind-the-scenes details of the telephone call he made to Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa in parallel with field developments in As-Suwayda Governorate, confirming that he had issued a direct request to halt the attacks
targeting the Druze population without delay. These disclosures came during a field tour conducted by Netanyahu that included a visit to the Likud party headquarters in the Druze-majority town of Yarka in northern Israel, where he met with a number
of leaders and supporters belonging to the community to review his government's policy regarding ongoing events in Syria. Netanyahu explained during the meeting that he personally initiated the phone call to Al-Sharaa as soon as those events broke out, stating
that he addressed him with decisive words demanding that he stop military operations immediately and halt what he described as the massacre against the members of the community in Syria. The Israeli Prime Minister touched upon a broader context that
includes attacks that affected various regions, pointing to acts of violence witnessed in other areas with a Kurdish majority and the Syrian coastal regions inhabited by an Alawite majority. According to what Netanyahu presented, the airstrikes carried out by Israeli
warplanes against Syrian forces coinciding with the As-Suwayda events played a role in halting the advance of those forces and forcing them to withdraw, stressing his country's firm position rejecting any threat targeting the Druze in Syria in the future.
Despite revealing this direct communication between the two sides, the statements were devoid of any additional details regarding the precise timing of the call or the entirety of the discussions that took place between the parties.
