Israel prepares to send aid to damaged Sweida hospital
The Israeli Ministry of Health is preparing the transfer of medical equipment and medicines to Sweida hospital following the recent clashes of Druze-Bedouin violence that left hundreds of deaths.
The Israeli Ministry of Health is preparing the transfer of medical equipment, medicines and general assistance to Sweida hospital, while serious damage to its passing hospital, announced the office of the ministry spokesperson on Saturday evening.
The call for help followed intense clashes between members of the Druze community and the Syrian Bedouin tribes of the city of Sweida during last week.
Friday, after receiving the urgent request for aid from the Syrian hospital, the Minister of Health Uriel Busso called on the ministry to mobilize a quick response:
“Our fraternity with the community of Druze is strong and well known, but even more, we are determined to strengthen this alliance, shoulder on the shoulder in all areas of our lives. The instructions that I have given myself to provide myself quickly to provide help in light of developments in Syria reflect Israel’s commitment to not remain unusual when the members of the community, even outside its borders, are in danger.
“There is no more space in the morgue, the bodies are on the street,” said Dr. Omar Omar, the head of the Sweida division of the Order of Doctors of Syria, according to Ynet.
People carry a person, injured in recent clashes in Sweida province in Syria, because victims receive treatment at a medical point on the field, after renewed fights between Bedouin fighters and armed men of Druze, despite an announced truce, in Deraa, Syria on July 18, 2025 (Reuters / Khalil Ashawi)
Following the request, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, Director General of the Ministry of Health, met Dulan Abu Salah, head of the local council of Majdal Shams, doctors of the Druze community, and Professor Salman Zarka, director of the ZIV Medical Center of Safed, to discuss the possibilities of transfer of assistance to Sweida.
“Providing medical aid to all these injured is an urgent call, and mobilization for this means saving lives,” said Zarka.
Medical equipment and drugs will be transferred to the hospital by the security forces and the FDIs, pending “the approval of the competent authorities”.
Eruption of clashes, international response
Sectal fights broke out in Sweida last week after a wave of kidnappings, leading to clashes between local Bedouin tribes, residents of Druze of Sweida and security forces with Damascus, who made hundreds of dead.
The Syrian presidency announced on Saturday an immediate ceasefire, supported by Turkey, Jordan and other neighboring countries, following Israeli strikes on Damascus and government forces in southern Syria.
The community of Druze of Israel has organized demonstrations through northern Israel in response to violence, calling for the Israeli government and other international organizations to intervene. In addition, a group of Israeli Druze managed to illegally cross Syria on Friday evening in solidarity with their Syrian brothers, and have since been returned to Israeli territory by the FDI.
“If you want to help Sweida, demonstrations on the border are not the way,” said Druze’s superior officers, according to the radio army. “The FDI is not supposed to face the Israeli offenders; It distracts and divert attention to bad places. We understand the pain of the community and want to help and help, but to continue this way performs the opposite effect. ”
