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Escalating Middle East Tensions After Israeli StrikesIsraeli airstrikes killed three at Gaza’s sole Catholic church and targeted sites near Sweida amid sectarian clashes in July 2025.
- Israel conducted airstrikes near Sweida, Syria, following the withdrawal of Syrian government forces amid Druze-Bedouin clashes.
- A strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church resulted in three deaths and injuries, provoking widespread international condemnation.
- Turkish President Erdogan accused Israel of exploiting the Druze minority to justify expanding military actions into Syria.
- The EU, Russia, and China condemned the attacks on Syrian territory and stressed the importance of respecting Syria’s sovereignty.
We will not give them the opportunity to entangle our people in a war that serves only to fragment our homeland and sow destruction.— Ahmad al-Sharaa, the interim President of Syria, in a speech broadcast on national television.
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