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Druze community mourns loss of 12 children after deadly strike in Golan Heights

The blast bent the metal fence around the football field
The blast bent the metal fence around the football field Copyright GBBBC
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Israel have blamed Hezbollah for the strike, and threatened further retaliation.

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Mourners of the Druze community marched through the streets of Majdal Shams following a strike on a football pitch that killed at least 12 children and injured over 30 on Saturday.

Posters and black ribbons in remembrance of the 12 children and young adults killed were attached to a fence where the deadly blast occurred in a sombre scene.

The rocket strike was the deadliest one on Israel's northern border since fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began.

sraeli police officers and firefighters work at the site of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024.
sraeli police officers and firefighters work at the site of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. Gil Eliyahu/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.

Israel has blamed Hezbollah for the incident, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that the militant group would "pay a heavy price".

Hezbollah responded it struck a military base in Golan heights in retaliation for Israeli attacks on a village in Lebanon, but denied it was behind the strike on the soccer field.

The attack has raised concerns of a wider conflict escalating in the region between the two groups, with the White House National Security Council saying it is working on a diplomatic solution to "end all attacks once and for all" in the border area between Israel and Lebanon.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed over 450 people since early October, including members of Hezbollah as well as around 90 civilians and non-combatants.

Officials from several countries including the US and France have visited Lebanon to try and ease tensions between Israel and Hezbollah but have failed to make much progress, with the militant group refusing to cease firing until Israel's offensive in Gaza ends.

Israel and Hamas are weighing up a cease-fire proposal which would de-escalate the 10 months of violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and free roughly 110 hostages who are captive there.

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