Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria as Syrian government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias there.

Israel’s military said it struck on Monday several tanks in the Sweida province of southern Syria, where dozens have been killed in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. The military struck “several tanks a short while ago in the area of Sami village (in the Sweida region) in southern Syria.

The intervention of the Syrian security and army forces to contain the escalation in the Druze-majority Suwayda province has been met with rejection from the local Druze community.