The Israeli prime minister promised on Monday, during a visit to Majdal Shams, a “severe response” to the rocket attack that killed on Saturday. 12 children and teenagers in that city in the Golan Heights Syrians, largely annexed by Israel.
“These children are our children. The State of Israel will not and cannot allow this to happen. our response will come and it will be severe“, declared Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli military said the rockets were fired from Lebanon by the Iran-backed Islamist movement Hezbollah and landed on a makeshift football pitch where many young people were playing. Hezbollah denied being behind the deadly attack.
Os 12 confirmed dead were aged between 10 and 16 years old and dozens of other young people were injured, according to local authorities.
The Israeli government’s Security Cabinet has left the response to Saturday’s attack in northern Israel to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Other news that marked the day:
⇒ Activists against the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip vandalized the Royal Palace in Amsterdam with red paintwhich symbolizes the color of blood, in a message addressed to the Dutch government to abandon support for Israel. The group wrote “Intifada“, a term that designates the Palestinian resistance uprisings in the occupied territoriesbefore Dutch cleaning services had removed all traces of paint, international agencies reported.
⇒ At least two people died in a drone attack carried out by Israel no southern Lebanon and among the dead is a member of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement confirmed. The movement indicated that the attack hit a vehicle and a motorcycle who were traveling on a road in southern Lebanese territory, adding that the member of the group killed was Abbas Hijazi and was “on his way to Jerusalem”.
⇒ As coAirlines Lufthansa and Air France have announced the suspension of their flights to the capital of Lebanono, Beirut, before the fear of a military conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah. Flights operated by German airlines Lufthansa, Eurowings and Swiss to the Lebanese capital are “cancelled until August 5, inclusive, due to current events in the Middle East,” a company spokesperson told AFP.
⇒ O sSecretary-General of the Arab LeagueAhmed Aboul Gheit, expressed himself concerned about the possibility of “a regional war” in the Middle Eastsaid a statement from the pan-Arab organization released in Cairo. Aboul Gheit’s concern was raised following the deaths of 12 children in the occupied Golan Heights in an attack last Saturday, at a time of heightened tension between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.
⇒ Israel detained nine soldiers for questioning after abuse allegations about a detainee at a facility where Israel holds Palestinian prisoners, the military said. The military did not release further details surrounding the alleged abuse, saying only that an investigation had been opened into the case.
⇒ The Gaza Ministry of Health declared the Palestinian enclave as “polio epidemic zone”ten days after the World Health Organization confirmed that the disease was found in the sewers of the center and south of the territory. “This fact represents a threat to the health of the inhabitants of the Strip Gaza and neighboring countries and is a setback for the global polio eradication program,” the ministry of the enclave, ruled by the Islamist group Hamas, said in a statement.
Source: expresso.pt
