Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured the mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice that Israel will not conduct airstrikes near a secret prison outside Damascus where she believes her son may be held, NBC News has confirmed. Debra Tice first discussed the Israeli government’s promise to avoid the area where her son may be in an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday. 

A spokesperson for the Tice family and an Israeli official confirmed the Israeli leader’s pledge to…