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12 dead, dozens wounded by rocket attack on Golan Heights
By Mike Heuer & Ehren Wynder,
9 hours ago
July 27 (UPI) -- A rocket attack struck a soccer field in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, and killed at least 12 children and teens and wounded 29 other people Saturday night.
Israeli officials said Hezbollah launched Saturday evening's deadly rocket attack in retaliation for a successful airstrike Israel launched against an arms depot in southern Lebanon that killed three Hezbollah militants. Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE
Israel Defense Forces officials said Hezbollah is responsible for the direct hit on a soccer field near a playground in the Majdal Shams area of the Golan Heights.
Magen David Adom teams and IDF helicopters ferried the dead and wounded to nearby hospitals.
IDF officials said those killed are children and teens between ages 8 and 14 and were wearing soccer uniforms.
First responders treat a victim after a suspected Hezbollah rocket attack struck a soccer field in the Majdal Shams area of the Golan Heights Saturday evening. Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who is returning to Israel after cutting short his visit to the United States, said Hezbollah "will pay a heavy price for this attack, one that it has not paid so far."
Hezbollah leaders denied responsibility for the rocket attack, but the IDF said it tracked one projectile crossing into the area from Lebanon.
At least 12 were killed and 29 wounded during the rocket attack that struck a soccer field near a playground Saturday evening in the Majdal Shams area of the Golan Heights. Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE
Hezbollah said its militants targeted an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights with Katyusha rockets in response to airstrikes carried out by the IDF earlier Saturday.
Hezbollah said three of its militants were killed in the Israeli airstrike but did not say where the strike occurred.
The IDF said the Israeli Air Force targeted an arms depot that was manned by Hezbollah militants in the border town of Kfar Kila.
The militants were inside the depot when the airstrike occurred.
The strike on the Golan Heights is the deadliest action so far after the Israel and Hezbollah conflict began following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on civilians in Israel.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed the area in 1981.
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