Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Druze communities in Syria over the past few weeks, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, in a further sign of Israel’s support for the minority group.
“In an operation conducted over the past few weeks, 10,000 packages of humanitarian aid were thus far delivered to the Druze community in the battle areas of Syria,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The packages included basic goods like oil, flour, salt and sugar, and were mostly delivered to the southern province of Suwayda, the Foreign Ministry said.
The Druze, an Arab minority present in Syria, Israel, the Israeli Golan Heights and Lebanon, practise a faith that originated in Islam but which has a distinct identity.
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