Israeli military confirms several hundred Druze crossed border into Syria

The Israeli army has said that several hundred Druze citizens of Israel crossed the border into Syria today following Israeli attacks on the southern Syrian city of Sweida.

The army added that it was working to return them to Israel, and that it had successfully barred Syrian Druze from entering Israel via the Hader area of southern Syria.

Chaos erupted at the Syrian-Israeli border following a series of Israeli attacks on the Druze-majority city of Sweida, prompting people to cross the border in both directions.