12 children killed as Hezbollah rocket hits soccer field, sparking widespread war fears – American Press

Two people were killed and three others injured in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon early Monday.‘s State–The Israel News Agency-run news agency said this as Israel considers its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 teenagers in Israel.–controlled Golan Heights.

Monday’s attacks did not appear to be the widely expected response from Israel to the deadly attack, as fears of a larger regional war persist.–Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October, there have been almost daily border clashes between Israel and the militant Hezbollah.

Lebanese state media reported that Monday’s attack hit a motorcycle near Lebanon.–Israeli border, killing two horsemen and wounding a child. Further information was not immediately available. Two were wounded in a separate attack in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported.

Israeli military officials said only that Hezbollah activists and infrastructure were hit.

Thousands of mourners buried the twelfth victim of the rocket attack from Lebanon that hit a soccer field in Israel on Monday.–controlled territory, an attack that could push the region in all directions–from the war.

The body of 11–Year–The old Guevara Ibrahim was chased through the streets of the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli–controlled the Golan Heights in a procession of people dressed in black. Pictures of the smiling boy were held aloft while his body, draped in white, was carried through the streets.

Ibrahim was one of 12 children and teenagers between the ages of 10 and 16 killed when a rocket hit a soccer field. It was the deadliest attack on Israel or Israel–controlled area since the Hamas attacks on October 7.

The other victims of the attack were buried on Sunday, but Ibrahim’s body could not be immediately identified and was initially considered missing, Israeli media reported.

Israel blamed Hezbollah for Saturday’s attack, but in an unusual move, Iran–The Lebanese militant group it supports denied involvement.

Retaliatory strikes from Israel are expected and preparations are being made for a possible escalation of fighting in the region.

Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging–Border shelling since October 8, one day after the Hamas attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in the Gaza Strip.

Representatives of Egypt and Hamas demand a halt–Fire negotiations still face hurdles