Israel launched a series of major airstrikes against Syria after announcing a new policy of “pacifying” the southern portion of the country. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that it had struck several military targets in southern Syria,

Israel carried out airstrikes late Tuesday on several locations in the Damascus countryside and Daraa province in southern Syria. Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Kiswah area south of Damascus and Izraa in Daraa with at least four airstrikes, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at least four people were killed as Israeli warplanes launched four airstrikes targeting the Syrian Army's First Division headquarters in Al-Kiswah, south of Damascus. The facility is known to house military tanks and command units.