At least Twelve Israelis have been killed and more than a dozen have been injured by the impact of a projectile launched from Lebanon that fell on the afternoon of this Saturday, July 27, on a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, according to the latest military balance.
Israeli Armed Forces spokesman Vice Admiral Daniel Hagari has reported the new update on the number of deaths and has stressed the Involvement of the Lebanese militia party Hezbollah in which he has qualified as the most serious attack against civilians from October 7, 2023.
“Hezbollah is behind this disaster. It is responsible for its consequences. We embrace the families of the dead and wounded and the entire Druze community, citizens of the State of Israel,” Hagari wrote on her X account.
In addition, Hagari has assured that the projectile used is a Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket with a 53kg payload. “A Falaq-1 rocket has hit here, on a football field. It is an Iranian rocket, manufactured in Iran, a rocket with a warhead containing more than 50 kilograms of explosives,” he explained in a press conference reported by The Times of Israel.
“Forensic analysis carried out at the scene points to this rocket. The Falaq-1 is used only by the Hezbollah terrorist group, responsible for this attack launched from Shebaa” in Lebanon, he added.
Among the deceased there are minors and adolescents between 10 and 20 years of age, According to the Israeli Red Star of David (Magen David Adom), six people were seriously injured, three were in moderate condition, four were in mild condition, and several others were being treated for anxiety. The injured were taken to medical facilities in Magen David Adom ambulances and military helicopters.
“We arrived at the football field and saw all the destruction and various things burning. The victims were lying on the grass. It was difficult,” said Idan Avshalom, a paramedic at Magen David Adom, as quoted by the Post. Up to nine of the injured are believed to be in critical condition, according to the Red Star of David (Magen David Adom), which insists that the victims are between 10 and 20 years old.
“We immediately began assessing the injured. Some were taken to local clinics and our teams also went to those clinics. Several other alerts were issued during the incident. We continue to provide care to the injured,” he added.
The police have reported a Intervention in the Northern Golan Region and that there are several people injured by shrapnel. Officers are cordoning off the area and searching for remains to prevent further risks to the population.
“Hezbollah is behind the rocket launch that hit the Majdal Shams football field and caused many casualties, only civilians, including children, this afternoon,” he added. Military and medical personnel are already working on the evacuation, according to the military statement.
Hezbollah, however, has “categorically denied the accusations of several enemy media outlets about an attack on Majda Shams,” the paper reported. The Oriente the Day. “The Islamic Resistance has nothing to do with the incident,” has underlined.
On the other hand, the Israeli Armed Forces have reported the Detection of thirty projectiles launched from Lebanese territory. “Air defence fighters successfully intercepted several missiles. The rest of the missiles fell in an open area, without any casualties,” it said on its official channel.
Ten other shells were detected in the Neve Ativ area at around 17:55. All of them “fell in an open area and did not cause any casualties.”
Los The Golan Heights are a territory that Israel captured from Syria during the Six Day War. (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and was effectively annexed in 1981, in a move not recognized by the international community.
Israel’s response
The Israeli Army simultaneously bombed last night seven regions in the interior and south of Lebanon, in response to yesterday’s attack by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights. The attacks targeted the areas of Sabrinha, Borj El Chmali, Beka’a, Kfar Kila, Rab a-Taltin, al Khyam and Tir Hafa, a military statement said.
“We are significantly increasing our readiness for the next stage of the fight in the north,” said Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi during a visit to the football field where the shell hit.
“When necessary, we will act firmly. Our duty is to to return the inhabitants of the north safely to their homes, in Galilee and the Golan Heights. It is our total commitment,” he added.
“We will strike the enemy hard,” stressed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a conversation with the spiritual leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, with whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in the US, also spoke last night by phone.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
