Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government responded by deploying forces to the city. Druze residents of Suweida told the BBC they had witnessed "barbaric acts" as gunmen - government forces and foreign fighters - attacked people. Israel targeted these forces, saying they were acting to protect the Druze.

The Druze minority group inhabiting the southern Syrian region of Suwayda has been ruthlessly attacked over the past week by the Syrian armed Bedouin tribe, which resides in the same area.