Dramatic moments were experienced this evening after the attack from Lebanon on Majdal Shams, an Israeli Druze town on the border. This was reported by the Israeli media, which spoke of 10 victims and more than 30 injured. The spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, pointed the finger at “the brutal murderous attack on the football field in the northern Golan Heights. It is impossible to imagine and describe the horrific images of children and their bodies strewn on the grass,” he added.
For the spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, Danien Hagari, «Hezbollah is responsible for the massacre of innocent children. This is the most serious incident to hit the civilian population after 7 October."
»Hezbollah, armed and financed by Iran, makes no distinction between children or adults, soldiers or civilians, Jews or Muslims, Druze or Christians. Today Hezbollah terrorists brutally attacked and killed children, whose only crime was going out to play football. They have not returned", wrote Israeli President Isaac Herzog on The State of Israel will resolutely defend its citizens and its sovereignty." «My prayers are addressed to the victims and the recovery of the injured. I send my deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. May they find only strength and comfort", concluded the Israeli president.
In the meantime, as announced by his office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speeding up the process of returning "as quickly as possible" to Israel from the USA. «The events in the north will lead to a dramatic turning point in the fighting in the area», added an Israeli source from the premie delegation, quoted by Channel 12 TV. According to another source reported by Kan TV «the Majdal Shams disaster could give a change of direction to the war."
(Unioneonline/vf)
