Israel has sent two divisions of troops to the Golan Heights and the Syrian border in a major onslaught on the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The Israeli military claims that after Israel’s strikes on Damascus, a warning was sent out about an attack on the Syrian presidential palace, with multiple persons believed to have died.
According to accounts in the Arab media, Israel damaged the upper levels of the Defense Ministry building in Damascus when it bombed it.
Intense assaults have started in Damascus, according to the Israeli defense minister, and plans are being made for a battle in Syria that is predicted to last several days.
According to the Ministry of Health and the Syrian state news agency SANA, Israeli airstrikes on central Damascus injured at least nine persons.