THIS is the terrifying moment an Israeli airstrike hits a Syrian military HQ on live TV – with a news reporter captured fleeing in panic.

For the third consecutive day, Israel has launched strikes on Syria, targeting areas where government security forces and local fighters have been engaged in clashes in the southern city of Sweida.

The apparent Israeli occupation airstrike targeted the Ministry of Defence building in the centre of the capital Damascus, reports claim.

As the news reporter is presenting, a fiery explosion is captured erupting in the backdrop.

The camera then shakes, before the news reporter jumps out of her seat to safety.

A massive grey smoke cloud is captured billowing behind her following the strike.

The Israeli military conducted an attack close to the Syrian Ministry of Defense entrance in Damascus, later following up with a more substantial strike on the same location several hours afterward.

Israel has also launched a series of airstrikes on convoys of government forces in southern Syria since the clashes erupted a few days ago.

Syria’s Defense Ministry previously accused militias in the Druze-majority region of Sweida of breaching a ceasefire agreement established on Tuesday, prompting Syrian army soldiers to retaliate.

It said they were adhering to rules of engagement to protect residents, prevent harm, and ensure the safe return of those who left the city back to their homes.

Meanwhile, reports of attacks on civilians continued to surface, and Druze with family members in the conflict zone searched desperately for information about their fate amid communication blackouts.

A rebel offensive led by Islamist insurgent groups ousted Syria’s longtime despotic leader, Bashar Assad, in December, bringing an end to a nearly 14-year civil war.

Since then, the country’s new rulers have struggled to consolidate control.

The primarily Sunni Muslim leaders have faced suspicion from religious and ethnic minorities, whose fears increased after clashes between government forces and pro-Assad armed groups in March spiraled into sectarian revenge attacks.

Hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority, to which Assad belongs, were killed.