Reporter Ducks Mid-Broadcast As Israeli Strike Slams Syrian Defense HQ

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday posted a video of an airstrike hitting Syria’s capital, Damascus.

The clip shows a female reporter delivering a live broadcast with the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters visible in the distance. Mid-sentence, a bomb slams into the building behind her, erupting into a ball of fire that quickly morphs into a thick plume of smoke.

The reporter continues speaking for a moment as the roar of the blast finally reaches the studio, rattling the camera. Startled by the shockwave, she ducks out of frame while the feed shakes.

“The painful blows have begun,” Katz, translated from Hebrew, wrote.

החלו המכות הכואבות pic.twitter.com/1kJFFXoiua

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) July 16, 2025

Syria’s Health Ministry said the strike killed three people and wounded 34 others, according to NPR.

The bombing came after earlier Israeli strikes on Syrian tanks sent south to quell deadly clashes between Bedouin and Druze communities, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Druze — an ethnoreligious group with Islamic roots but distinct practices — inhabit areas spanning Israel’s northern border and Syria’s southern frontier. Amid the escalating violence, Israel has positioned itself as their protector.

“Israel is committed to preventing harm being inflicted on the Druze in Syria, owing to the deep covenant of blood with our Druze citizens in Israel and their historical and familial link to the Druze in Syria,” Katz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint statement Tuesday. “We are acting to prevent the Syrian regime from harming them, and to ensure the demilitarization of the region adjacent to our border with Syria.”

The footage echoes a June incident in which an Iranian news anchor was caught on live television reacting to an Israeli airstrike as it hit her studio.

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