Washington agrees with Tel Aviv in attributing to Hezbollah the missile that struck the Golan Heights yesterday, killing 12 people, mostly children and teenagers, who were near a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams. About 30 people were injured, three of them very seriously. The speaker from Tokyo, where he is visiting, is US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He said that “all indications” pointed to Hezbollah. For its part, the Lebanese organization had already denied its involvement yesterday. The Lebanese authorities, according to information on Guardianformally asked the United States to curb Israel's momentum against them, obtaining in response a request to curb Hezbollah's attacks on the Jewish country.
“Hezbollah will pay the price for its actions”
In the morning, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant expressed his condolences for “the innocent girls and boys killed in Majdal Shams.” He added: “There are 150,000 Druze in Israel, as well as millions of Israeli Jews and Arabs. We live side by side and suffer the terror inflicted by Hezbollah. We will ensure that Hezbollah, acting on behalf of Iran, pays the price for this loss.”
Israeli raids in Lebanon
Response to the announced attack that has already happened. During the night, Israeli warplanes struck “a series of targets belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah across Lebanon.” The Israeli army confirms the These raids follow the rocket fire from Lebanon towards a soccer field in the Druze-Israeli town of Majdal Shams, where at least 12 people were killed, mostly children and young people, and more than 30 injured, six of them in very serious conditions.
The accusation against the leader of Hezbollah
Hezbollah denies any involvement, but the IDF has no doubt that the commander of the Lebanese terrorist group Ali Muhammad Yihye is behind the Majdal Shams massacre. His name was mentioned by IDF spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari, according to whom an Iranian-made Falaq 1 rocket was used in the attack, whose warhead carried more than 50 kilograms of explosives. A weapon that only Hezbollah has in the area and which had already been used in a strike in the Shebaa area in Lebanon. The name of Ali Muhammad Yahya was also confirmed by Colonel Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic spokesman: “Despite its attempts to deny it, Hezbollah is responsible for the Majdal Shams massacre and the murder of children and youth on the soccer field.”
The summit in Rome
The Gaza summit began today in Rome at around 11:00 am, with the main objective of reaching an agreement on the ceasefire agreement and the release of the hostages. The meeting is attended by Mossad (Israeli intelligence) chief David Barnea, CIA director William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Thani and Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamal. Israel's “updated” proposal to Hamas is under discussion. According to reports Sky Tg24The Lebanese delegation feared an “open and total war” if the situation did not change, while the Israeli delegation ordered Lebanon to withdraw Hezbollah troops, currently massed less than 30 kilometers from the border between Israel and Lebanon.
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