The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said it had set up a medical facility inside southern Syria, next to the Druze village of Hader, to treat those wounded during sectarian violence in the country.

“The facility is part of a number of efforts that the IDF is carrying out to support the Syrian Druze population, and to maintain their security,” the military said in a statement, describing it as a “forward mobile triage.”

More than 30 wounded Syrian Druze have been evacuated by the IDF to hospitals in Israel in recent weeks.

“The IDF continues to monitor developments and maintain readiness for defense and various scenarios,” the army added.

Sectarian violence in Syria has escalated in recent weeks, as Islamist supporters of the country’s new regime have targeted Druze communities in clashes in southern Syria. Reports have put the death toll from the fighting at around 100.

Israel has vowed to protect the Syrian Druze community from threats, and the IDF has struck targets in the country as a “warning” to the new regime.

Israel has attacked hundreds of military sites in Syria since forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, deposed Syria’s longtime leader Bashar al-Assad in December. Citing potential danger following the ouster, Israel sent troops into the Syrian side of the demilitarized zone that separates the two countries. Israeli soldiers are currently deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria, mostly within the UN-patrolled buffer zone.

Troops have been operating in areas up to around 15 kilometers deep into Syria, aiming to capture weapons that Israel says could pose a threat to the country if they fall into the hands of “hostile forces.”

Israeli officials have said that they seek to completely demilitarize the southern Syria area, and not allow any armed groups to enter it and gain a foothold, including those of the new Syrian government.

On Monday, the IDF said it located and demolished “the main headquarters of the former Syrian regime at the peak of Mount Hermon,” during recent operations in Syria.

The military compound was raided by the 810th “Mountains” Regional Brigade, alongside combat engineers and paratroopers.

At the facility, which belonged to the Assad regime, the IDF said it found bunkers and numerous weapons, including artillery cannons, rockets and launchers, mortars, explosives and mines.