Israel Says Hezbollah Rocket Attack Kills 11, Raising Specter of War With Lebanon

Published on July 27, 2024

A rocket attack on a soccer ground in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights on Saturday killed 11 people, mostly children, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to respond against the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Hezbollah, which the United States designates as a terrorist organization, denied any responsibility for the strike, which was the deadliest in Israel or Israel-controlled territory since the start of the Gaza conflict, which sparked by the Hamas terror group’s deadly incursion that killed hundreds of Israelis. Dmitri Gendelman, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote in a post on Telegram shortly before 7 p.m. local time that the rocket strike had killed nine and injured over 30....

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