Israeli emergency services announced on Saturday that rocket fire from Lebanon into the Golan Heights in northern Israel had left 11 people dead and 34 injured, including seven children in critical condition, according to Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.
The Israeli army, for its part, accused Hezbollah of firing a rocket at Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.
Following the deadly attack, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held an assessment meeting with Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi and other senior defense officials, his office said.
Foreign minister Israel Katz said there is no doubt that Hezbollah has crossed all red lines and that Israel faces all-out war, according to Al-Jazeera, as Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu held consultations with his military secretary, Roman Gofman.
Netanyahu’s office said in a publication on platform X that the Prime minister will later hold an assessment of the security situation with the heads of the defense establishment.
Knesset member and former Israeli Defense Minister Abigdor Lieberman declared that “(Hassan) Nasrallah is responsible for the murder of children in Majdal Shams, and it is time he paid the price.”
In return, a Hezbollah official told Reuters, “We are not responsible for the strike on Majdal Shams.” Hezbollah issued a statement categorically denying “all accusations and false allegations in this regard.” Nonetheless, the Israeli army rejected Hezbollah’s denial and stressed that the pro-Iranian group carried out the deadly rocket attack.
