Details of a July 16, 2025 phone call between Netanyahu and Al-Sharia regarding the violence against Druze citizens in Sweida: Netanyahu: "I'll be brief. Apparently, the message conveyed through the intermediaries was not properly understood. Genocide is being committed against the Druze. Your forces must withdraw from Suwayda by 22:00." Al-Shara'a: "I was hoping that this conversation would go differently." Netanyahu: "I call on you to withdraw your forces, or we will intensify our strikes." Al-Sharaa: "I need 48 hours to deal with it." Netanyahu: "Unacceptable. Remove your powers first." A few hours after the conversation, the IDF attacked the compound of the Syrian Presidential Palace and the headquarters of the General Staff of the Syrian Army in Damascus.

Details of a July 16, 2025 phone call between Netanyahu and Al-Sharia regarding the violence against Druze citizens in Sweida: Netanyahu: "I'll be brief. Apparently, the message conveyed through the intermediaries was not properly understood. Genocide is being committed against the Druze. Your forces must withdraw from Suwayda by 22:00." Al-Shara'a: "I was hoping that this conversation would go differently." Netanyahu: "I call on you to withdraw your forces, or we will intensify our strikes." Al-Sharaa: "I need 48 hours to deal with it." Netanyahu: "Unacceptable. Remove your powers first." A few hours after the conversation, the IDF attacked the compound of the Syrian Presidential Palace and the headquarters of the General Staff of the Syrian Army in Damascus.