It is the deadliest strike in Israel, or Israeli-annexed territory, since the start of the conflict in Gaza.
At least nine people were critically wounded by a rocket fired from Lebanon that hit a football pitch in the Druze village of Majdal Shams.Emergency service staff and locals tend to the injured, at the site of the attack in the annexed Golan Heights.Emergency service staff and locals tend to the injured, at the site of the attack in the annexed Golan Heights.
“They were playing soccer, they heard sirens they ran to shelter.. it may take them like 15 seconds . But they couldn’t reach the shelter because the rocket hit the site between the ground and the shelter,” said Mourhaf Abu Saleh, a witness. Soldiers gather as people cover an injured person with a blanket, at the site of the attack in the annexed Golan Heights. PHOTO: EPA-EFEThe Israeli military said the rocket launch was carried out from an area located north of the village of Chebaa in southern Lebanon.
Netanyahu’s far-right coalition ally, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, called for tough retaliation, including against Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UNIFIL peacekeeping force which operates in southern Lebanon, told Reuters its force commander was in contact with authorities in both Lebanon and Israel “to understand the details of the Majdal Shams incident and to maintain calm”.Attacks from Lebanon
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