At Least 10 Killed in Israel, Many of Them Children, in Deadliest Hezbollah Attack Since October 7

TEL AVIV — A rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in the Golan Heights killed at least 10 people and wounded several others, including children, Israel said, hours after an Israeli airstrike on south Lebanon killed three members of the militant Hezbollah group. The strike, the deadliest attack on an Israeli target since the fighting between the two foes erupted in October, raised fears of a broader conflagration in the region. Prime Minister Netanyahu was returning home as quickly as possible from America, his office said.Hezbollah said it struck a military base in the Golan Heights in retaliation for Israeli attacks on a village in Lebanon.Hezbollah chief spokesman Mohammed Afif told The Associated Press that the group “categorically denies carrying out an attack on Majdal Shams.”Chief spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari asserted to journalists that “Hezbollah is lying.” He said all 10 people killed were between the ages of 10 and 20 and that more than 20 other people were wounded.The Israeli military said in a statement Saturday that according to intelligence in its possession, “the rocket launch toward Majdal Shams was carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist organization.”“The Hezbollah terrorist organization is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field in Majdal Shams which caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, earlier this evening,” the statement said.Israel’s Magen David Adom paramedic service initially reported 11 people wounded, nine critically, and all between the ages of 10 and 20. Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan aired footage of some being rushed to ambulances on stretchers from a soccer field at the town of Majdal Shams.“These were kids at a soccer field,” head of the local council Beni Ben Muvchar told Israeli Channel 12. “Today a red line was crossed,” he said, urging Israeli leaders to start targeting top Hezbollah commanders.The Israeli military said one projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area, adding it was cooperating with the MDA to evacuate the wounded. Channel 12 aired footage of a large blast in one of the town’s valleys.Hezbollah said in a statement that its militants firing Katyusha rockets at an Israeli army post in the Golan Heights was in response to Israeli airstrikes on villages in south Lebanon. The group said earlier three of its members were killed on Saturday without specifying where. Israel’s military said its air force targeted a Hezbollah arms depot on the border village of Kfar Kila, adding that militants were inside at the time.Israel and Hezbollah have traded near daily fire since the war in Gaza started after Hamas’ surprise attack on October7 killed some 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage.Since early October, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 450 people, mostly Hezbollah members, but also around 90 civilians and non-combatants. On the Israeli side, 21 soldiers and 13 civilians had been killed before Saturday.Associated Press

At Least 10 Killed in Israel, Many of Them Children, in Deadliest Hezbollah Attack Since October 7

At Least 10 Killed in Israel, Many of Them Children, in Deadliest Hezbollah Attack Since October 7

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