A rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Saturday killed at least ten people and wounded several others, including children.
This attack occurred just hours after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three members of the militant Hezbollah group.
The strike on the soccer field, the deadliest attack on an Israeli target since hostilities between the two foes reignited in October, has raised fears of a broader conflict in the region.
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Hezbollah stated that it struck a military base in the Golan Heights in retaliation for Israeli attacks on a village in Lebanon. However, Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, Mohammed Afif, told The Associated Press that the group “categorically denies carrying out an attack on Majdal Shams.”
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The Israeli military, in a statement on Saturday, claimed that “the rocket launch toward Majdal Shams was carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” based on intelligence in its possession.
“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.
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