Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Tice's mother his country won't conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside Damascus.

We urgently request you pause strikes on this area and deploy Israeli assets to search for Austin Tice and other prisoners'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised the mother of U.S. journalist Austin Tice that the IDF isn't conducting airstrikes in areas in Syria where he might be located, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios.