New Delhi, July 16 -- In a dramatic moment, a female TV anchor of the state media in central Damascus was seen fleeing mid-broadcast following an airstrike on Syria's military headquarters by Israel.

The video of the incident went viral on social media after Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz shared it on X, writing, "The painful blows have begun."

In the video, Katz stated the attack underscores Israel's intent to continue military pressure as long as Syrian forces withdraw from Suwayda - the Druze-majority region in southern Syria.

Though a few media outlets claimed that the Israeli strikes targeted a Syrian state-run TV channel, Israel-based ILTV denied it, stating the Syrian TV anchor reacted to strikes on the defence ministry and...