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IDF announces attacks in Lebanon after attack on Golan Heights

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The Israeli military said it struck a series of Hezbollah targets deep inside Lebanon and in the country’s southern region on Sunday. The attack was in response to a rocket attack from Lebanon that killed 12 people, most of them teenagers and children, on a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to retaliate against what military officials described as deadliest single attack against Israel since October 7, raising fears of a further escalation of hostilities. He is due to return to Israel from his visit to the United States on Sunday and meet with his security cabinet on Sunday afternoon.

United Hatzalah, an Israeli volunteer rescue organization, said its paramedics arrived at the soccer field on Saturday to find a “very difficult situation.” Dozens of children lay injured. Nine of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene due to the severity of their injuries, the organization said in an email. The Israeli military said the injured and dead were between 10 and 20 years old.

Israel blamed Hezbollah for the incident, citing military intelligence and an assessment of the situation. The Lebanese militant group denied Israel’s accusations. Fighting along the Lebanese-Israeli border has intensified in recent months, with regular exchanges of fire between Hezbollah – which is backed by Iran – and the Israeli military.

“Hezbollah will pay a high price for this, which it has not paid so far,” Netanyahu said. said Saturday on social media.

In a statement posted on Telegram early Sunday, the Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah weapons depots and terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon, including in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali and Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam and Tayr Harfa.

What else you should know

Saturday’s rocket attack in the Druze town of Majdal Shams was followed by a deadly attack in central Gaza. There, at least 30 Palestinians were killed when Israel bombed a school housing displaced people, according to local health authorities. The Israel Defense Forces said they attacked a Hamas command and control center on the grounds of the Khadija school.

Since the war began, at least 39,258 people have been killed and 90,589 injured in Gaza. according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters but says the majority of the dead are women and children. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in the October 7 Hamas attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 329 soldiers have been killed since the military operation began in Gaza.

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