Israel said its fighter jets bombed an area next to the presidential palace in Damascus, the Syrian capital, as Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to announce the protection of the Druze religious minority in the wake of a deadly sectarian violence.

Netanyahu said the strike was a "clear message to the Syrian regime" that Israel "is not allowed to deploy troops in southern Damascus or any threat to the Druze community."

The Syrian government did not respond immediately.

But it rejected "foreign intervention" when Israel went on strike in southern Damascus on Wednesday between Druze gunmen, security forces and Allied Sunni Islamic fighters.

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of Syria’s Druz, condemned violence as an “unreasonable genocide movement” targeting his community and called for “international forces to maintain peace” to intervene.

The Syrian government said security forces have been deployed to the Druze area to combat "illegal groups" and accused of inciting conflict.

Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani also warned that “any excuse or slogan requires external intervention and will only lead to further deterioration and division”.

According to the British monitoring group Syrian Observational Organization for Human Rights (SOHR), at least 102 people died this week in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, a small town in the southern suburbs of Damascus, mainly in the provinces of Jaramana and Suweida, Druze Druze Real.

It said it included 10 Druze civilians and 21 Druze fighters, as well as 35 other Druze fighters, who were shot dead by security forces while traveling from Suweida to Damascus on Wednesday. It said thirty members of General Security Services and Allied combatants were also killed.

A man insulted the prophet Muhammad to radiate audio clips of a man who radiated and angered Sunni Muslims on social media, violence broke out in Jaramana. This was attributed to Rev. Druze, but he denied any responsibility. The Ministry of Home Affairs also said that a preliminary investigation has cleared him.

The Druze faith is a branch of Shia Islam with its unique identity and beliefs. Its approximately one million followers live in Syria, where they make up about 3% of the population, while communities in Lebanon, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights account for smaller communities.

Syria's transitional president Ahmed Al-Sharaa promised that since his Sunni Islamic group led the rebel offensive, he would protect the country's numerous religions and ethnic minorities since 13 years after the civil war was destroyed, 14 years after the civil war was destroyed.

However, during a conflict between the New Security Forces and Assad loyalists, in March, the mass killing of hundreds of civilians among Assad minority Alawi sects shocked the fear among ethnic minority communities.

In February, the Israeli Prime Minister warned that he would not "tolerate any threat to the Druze community in southern Syria".

Netanyahu also demanded a complete demilitarization of Suveda and two other southern provinces, saying Israel regards Shara's Sunni Islamic group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a threat. HTS is a former Al Qaeda affiliate and is still designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Over the past four months, the Israeli military has conducted hundreds of strikes in Syria to destroy the country's military assets. It also sent troops into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as well as several adjacent areas and the non-surveillance buffer zones between the tops of Mount Hemon.