Israeli Troops Cross Syrian Border Amid Fears of Full-Scale War Tensions in the Middle East are on the rise once again as Israeli military vehicles reportedly crossed into Syrian territory, just a day after a major airstrike in Damascus.

"If Israel feels that a certain leader...is an evident threat to its national security, it will operate," a former Israeli envoy told Newsweek.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.

The report details the wholesale destruction by the Israeli state of educational, religious and cultural institutions in Gaza and on the West Bank.

Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack. Many then met relatives never seen before.

Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media.

A Palestinian mother-of-two said the sea used to be her hungry family's only escape, but she now fears for her young children's lives.

Military says targets in northeastern Beqaa Valley include Radwan unit facilities, where military activity was taking place in 'blatant violation' of November ceasefire