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A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has killed 12 people including children, Israeli authorities say, blaming Hezbollah militants and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.
Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in Gaza last October.
The rocket struck a football pitch in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights [...]
“Hezbollah will pay a heavy price, the kind it has thus far not paid,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a phone call with the leader of the Druze community in Israel, according to a statement from his office.
Hezbollah had earlier announced several rocket attacks targeting Israeli military positions. [...]
The Israeli ambulance service said 13 more people were wounded by the rocket that hit the football pitch which was filled at the time with children and teenagers. [...]
The Israeli military said the rocket launch was carried out from an area located north of the village of Chebaa in southern Lebanon.
Speaking with reporters at Majdal Shams, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that forensics showed the rocket was an Iranian-made Falaq-1.
