"We are approaching a full-scale war"

 

Israel
Several killed in attack on the Golan Heights

Oskar Forsberg

Updated 22.46 | Published 19.10

Several people were killed in the attack on the Golan Heights. Photo: AP

At least eleven people are said to have been killed in an attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams.

Israeli military states that it "will prepare a response".

- We are approaching a full-scale war against Hezbollah and Lebanon, says Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz after the attack.
Israeli media state that it is a rocket attack and that Hezbollah is behind the attack.

However, Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for the attack. The militia group denies that they are behind it.

Children among the dead

Several of the dead are said to be children between the ages of 10 and 20, according to the newspaper Haaretz.

In addition to the eleven dead, over 19 people are said to have been injured, several of them seriously.

It is also written that the death toll is expected to rise.

The IDF is preparing a response to the attack

According to the newspaper Times of Israel, the Israeli military IDF is now investigating how the rocket could be missed.

According to the same newspaper, among other things, a football field must have been hit.

Israel and the militia group Hezbollah have shelled each other almost daily since the Gaza war began as a result of the terror-labeled Hamas attack on Israel in October last year, TT reports.

"Coming to a full-scale war"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hezbollah will pay and the Israeli military says it "will prepare a response" to the attack.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday evening that a full-scale war is now approaching.
 

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At least eleven dead in rocket attack on the Golan Heights

TT-AFP

Updated 22.09 | Published 18.57

Israeli air defense stops an earlier rocket attack from Lebanon. The picture is from July 18. Photo: Leo Correa/AP/TT

At least eleven people have been killed in a rocket attack from Lebanon against a soccer field, Israeli emergency services say.

It is the deadliest attack on Israeli targets since fighting with the Hezbollah militia group broke out along the country's northern border - where tensions are now running high.

Israel singles out the Lebanon-based group as responsible for the attack, which was aimed at the Israeli-annexed area of ​​the Golan Heights. The rocket struck a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams, which still has a predominantly Arab population after the area was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.

"The terrorist organization Hezbollah is behind the rocket attack on a soccer field in the city of Majdal Shams earlier this evening, where many civilians, among them children, died," the military command said in a statement on Saturday evening.

Israel's prime minister says Hezbollah will pay a "heavy" price for the attack.

However, Hezbollah denies involvement and states that it has carried out other attacks against Israeli military targets. These are described as a response to Israeli airstrikes against villages in southern Lebanon.

Four Hezbollah members were killed earlier on Saturday in an Israeli attack.

Many of the dead and injured in the attack on Majdal Shams are said to be between the ages of 10 and 20, according to Israeli authorities. In addition to the dead, over 19 people are said to have been injured, several of them seriously.

Israel and the militia group Hezbollah have been shelling each other almost daily since the Gaza war began as a result of the terror-labeled Hamas attack on Israel last October.