The Israeli military claimed that Sunday’s rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, which killed 12 children and teenagers and was the bloodiest attack on civilians since October 7, had left the Middle East on tenterhooks. The missile came from Lebanon, according to authorities in Israel.
Hezbollah, who denied involvement in the bombing, and Israel were suspected of waging a wider regional conflict as a result of the strike. The Israeli military claimed to have attacked many locations inside Lebanon during the course of the night, while the strikes’ intensity was comparable to that of months of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
About 12 kilometers south of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, sits the Druze