Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib warned that any significant attack by Israel would lead to regional war. This comes as Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon overnight, with diplomats working urgently to prevent a broader conflict following a rocket strike that killed 12 children in the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, visited the scene of Saturday’s rocket attack in Majdal Shams, a predominantly Druze village, calling the strike “a terrible tragedy.” The attack killed 12 children, aged 10 to 16, who were playing football, and wounded dozens more.
“Hezbollah is responsible for it and they will pay the price,” Gallant stated on Sunday, as thousands of mourners gathered in the village for the victims’ funeral ceremonies.
Hezbollah denied responsibility for the strike, claiming that a projectile from Israel’s Iron Dome defense system had hit the town while countering a volley of rocket fire the group said was targeting Israeli military sites
