{"id":2106,"date":"2025-07-21T02:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jagsystem.com\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T02:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:12:39","slug":"israel-envia-ajuda-medica-a-regiao-de-sweida-na-siria-enquanto-cessar-fogo-parece-se-manter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2106","title":{"rendered":"Israel sends medical aid to syria’s sweida region while ceasefire appears to hold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This handout picture, released by Israel’s health ministry on July 21, 2025, shows a worker driving in a forklift that crates set to be filled with medical supplies and sent to a hospital in Sweida, Syria, amid sectarian violence there.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tAccording to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, Israel sent humanitarian aid and medical equipment to Syria’s Sweida province, where the majority of the population is Druze<\/strong><\/p>

The delivery took place overnight, in coordination with the United States, which mediated contact with the Syrian government.<\/p>

\r\nThe broadcaster said it could not disclose further details about how the operation was carried out for now.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that its security forces were ready to send medicines and medical equipment to a hospital in Sweida, which was severely damaged in recent conflicts, as soon as they received authorization from the appropriate authorities.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nIsraeli Health Minister Uriel Buso emphasized the special relationship with the Druze community: “Our connection with the Druze is well-known, but beyond that, we have a commitment to life.<\/p>

\r\nWe cannot remain indifferent when members of this community, inside or outside Israel, are in danger.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe aid delivery came as a ceasefire announced on Saturday appears to be holding.<\/p>

\r\nPrevious agreements failed to end the clashes between Druze and Bedouin, which escalated and involved the Islamist-led government, the Israeli army, and armed groups from other parts of Syria.<\/p>

\r\nReports indicate that more than 1,100 people have died in the sectarian violence that has gripped the region over the past week.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAFP journalists on the outskirts of the city of Sweida reported no fighting on Sunday morning, and Syrian government forces have been deployed to some parts of the province to enforce the ceasefire.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nSyrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the ceasefire on Saturday and reinforced his promise to protect the country’s ethnic and religious minorities amid the recent wave of sectarian violence that began after the ouster of former leader Bashar al-Assad in December.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nA representative of Syria’s council of tribes and clans told Al Jazeera that fighters had left the city of Sweida, complying with the presidency’s request and the terms of the agreement.<\/p>

\r\nA local doctor confirmed to AFP by telephone that “the situation is completely calm, without conflict.”\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe approximately 150,000 residents of Sweida were confined to their homes, without access to electricity, water, or sufficient food.<\/p>

\r\nAn AFP photographer reported that the morgue at the city’s main hospital was overflowing, with bodies strewn on the ground outside.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe United Nations (UN) reported that more than 128,000 people in Sweida province have been displaced by the violence.\r\n<\/p>

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