Anchor runs mid-telecast as Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's state TV building

In a statement on social media, Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz said, "The warnings in Damascus have ended - now painful blows will come."

He shared a video of a live TV news broadcast, which showed a TV anchor running for cover as the building in Damascus got hit by a strike.

Katz also added that the Israeli military will "continue to operate forcefully" in Suweida.

Israel has recently intervened in clashes in Suweida, the area of southern Syria, amid ongoing tension between the minority Druze community and other armed groups.

Addressing the Druze community in Israel, Katz said the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will protect the community in Syria.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu and I, as Minister of Defence, have made a commitment - and we will uphold it," he added.

This is the third day in a row that Israel has struck Syria. Earlier in the day, Syria's Ministry of Defence building in the centre of the capital of Damascus was also targeted by an airstrike.

"A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria," a statement read.

The strikes came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. The strikes happened as the ceasefire between the government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed.

On Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the Israeli army "will continue to attack regime forces until they withdraw from the area - and will also soon raise the bar of responses against the regime if the message is not understood."