Israeli media outlets, citing security sources, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security consultations to discuss concerns about Turkish influence in Syria, and that he is trying to portray a confrontation with Türkiye as inevitable.

According to the Walla news website, sources pointed to Syrian-Turkish contacts regarding the transfer of areas near Palmyra (central Syria, an archaeological site) to the Turkish army, in exchange for economic and military support for Damascus. The sources added that potential Turkish movements in Palmyra, central Syria, are raising significant Israeli concerns. They also noted that the new Syrian regime is attempting to restore military bases and missile and defense capabilities in the south, close to Israel.

Channel 12 also reported that Netanyahu, through his advisors, is urging Israeli media to emphasize that "a confrontation with Türkiye on Syrian soil is inevitable."

It's worth noting that a recent report by an Israeli government committee recommended that Netanyahu prepare for a potential war with Türkiye, given Tel Aviv's growing concerns about Ankara's alliance with the Damascus government following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

The Jerusalem Post reported that the Security Budget and Force Buildup Inspection Committee, known as the Nagel Committee, after its chairman, Yaakov Nagel, warned Netanyahu in its January report that the Syrian-Turkish alliance could “create a new and significant threat to Israel’s security” and could develop into something “more dangerous than the Iranian threat.”

The committee concluded that Israel must prepare for a direct confrontation with Türkiye in light of potential tensions stemming from what it described as "Türkiye's ambitions to restore its Ottoman influence."

Syria TV reported that two members of the 42nd Division of the Syrian Ministry of Defense were injured in an Israeli attack targeting Palmyra military airport last Friday evening. Later, it reported that American helicopters were flying at low altitude over the city of Deir ez-Zor, without providing further details.

The Syrian Arab News Agency recently reported deaths and injuries in airstrikes launched by Israeli warplanes on the outskirts of the city of Daraa in the south of the country.

Following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad by opposition factions last December, Israel launched hundreds of raids on military installations, naval bases, and air bases across Syria, claiming that their goal was to prevent the new administration from seizing the former army's arsenal.

The Israeli army also penetrated the demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, located on the outskirts of the part of the Syrian plateau it occupies.

In February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a complete demilitarization of southern Syria, warning that his government would not accept the presence of security forces affiliated with the new Syrian authorities near its borders.