AFPThe soccer subject hit by the assault in Majdal Shams
NOS Information•yesterday, 09:40•Modified yesterday, 09:45
Israel is getting ready for “the subsequent section” of the struggle in opposition to the Lebanese terrorist motion Hezbollah. The rationale for that is the rocket assault on a soccer subject in Majdal Shams, which killed a minimum of twelve enjoying kids and wounded about thirty others yesterday.
In a single day, Israel, probably in retaliation, carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah weapons caches and “terrorist infrastructure” each within the border space and deeper inside Lebanon.
Majdal Shams is a city within the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It’s dwelling to Druze, members of an Arabic-speaking spiritual minority.
Israel holds Hezbollah answerable for the assault. The commander of the armed forces, Normal Halevi, says that remnants of a Falaq rocket, made in Iran and utilized by Hezbollah, had been discovered on the soccer subject. He additionally mentioned he knew the place the rocket was fired from in Lebanon.
The Lebanese motion denies being behind the assault. In a press release to the UN, Hezbollah mentioned the soccer subject was hit by an Israeli anti-aircraft missile. The UN has referred to as for calm. “The area can not afford a brand new battle,” a UN envoy mentioned.
‘Horrible bloodbath’
Shortly earlier than the lethal assault, Hezbollah had claimed accountability for 4 different shellings within the border space between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. One of many targets was an Israeli navy base about two miles from the soccer subject in Majdal Shams.
Druze chief Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif mentioned in response that the “horrific bloodbath” in Majdal Shams “crossed each potential crimson line.” He added that no state can settle for its residents and residents being repeatedly attacked. “That is the fact now we have been dwelling in since October final yr.” Druze reside not solely in Israel, but in addition in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Druze males additionally serve within the Israeli Protection Forces.
AFPThe Druze group mourns the demise of the twelve kids
Hezbollah, like Hamas, is supported by Iran. After the October 7 assaults from the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hezbollah have clashed repeatedly, and for months there have been fears that the battle within the border space will escalate into a brand new main battle.
Iran warned Israel at the moment to not “begin a brand new journey in Lebanon”. The Iranians play a principally background position within the conflicts within the Center East. Nevertheless, in April the nation fired tons of of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for the assassination by Israel of an Iranian basic within the Syrian capital Damascus. Nearly all of the projectiles had been intercepted by Israel, in cooperation with the US, the UK, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, amongst others.
Golan Heights
The strategically positioned Golan Heights had been captured by Israel from Syria within the 1967 Six-Day Conflict. Settlements had been established and the realm was illegally annexed by Israel in 1981.
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