Syria's defense minister announced a ceasefire in Sweida in southern Syria after reaching an agreement with local leaders on Tuesday.
Earlier, Druze spiritual leaders in Sweida called on armed Druze factions to cooperate with government forces and surrender their weapons to the Syrian government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and other senior officials held a situational assessment via phone following developments in Syria and concerns about the Druze community.
The IDF attacked military equipment belonging to Syrian regime forces in Sweida, the military confirmed on Tuesday following initial reports.
This follows Syrian convoys, including APCs (armored personnel carrier) and tanks, heading towards Sweida on Monday.
In response, the IDF struck tanks, APCs, and mortar carriers, as well as access routes to disrupt their arrival in Sweida, the IDF said.
Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city on Tuesday following two days of clashes, the first time government forces have deployed to Sweida since the Islamist-led government seized power over the country in December.
Al-Arabiya cited Brigadier-General Ahmed al-Dalati, commander of internal security in the Sweida province, as saying that government forces from the Interior and Defense Ministries will enter the city.
He then announced there would be a curfew "on the city's streets until further notice."
This follows reports of sectarian violence in the village of Kanaker, west of Sweida, earlier on Tuesday. Reuters reported on Monday that at least 18 members of Syria's security forces have been killed in Sweida, the Defense Ministry said, after they deployed to quell deadly sectarian clashes.
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, tanks advanced towards the site where violent clashes broke out on Monday morning in Sweida, not far from the Israeli border.
A military source told Walla that the purpose of the Israeli strike was to prevent the movement of tanks into an area that the IDF does not allow Syrian military forces to enter.
The source added it was an unusual operation, but it was part of the effort to establish priorities on the ground regarding what Israel will and will not allow to happen in the region.
Ongoing clashes between Druze, Bedouins in southern Syria
This comes after there were exchanges of gunfire between Druze from Sweida and Bedouin in the past 24 hours.
More than 89 people were killed and at least 100 were wounded, according to an update by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday, in the latest bout of sectarian clashes.
Deaths included 50 people from Sweida, including two children and two women, 18 Bedouin, 14 members from the country's Defense Ministry, and seven other unidentified men.
Sunday's fighting between Druze militiamen and Bedouin tribal fighters was the first time that sectarian violence erupted inside Sweida itself, following months of tensions in the broader province.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that the IDF struck targets in Syria in a new message to the new Syrian government, stating, "We will not allow harm to the Druze in Syria. Israel will not stand by it."
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.