Netanyahu: “Hezbollah will have to pay” after 11 children killed in Israel

JERUSALEM (EFE).- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Lebanese militias will “pay a high price” following the death this Saturday of eleven children due to the impact of a projectile fired from Lebanon on a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.

This was the main message Netanyahu wanted to convey in his talks with Sheikh Muafaq Tarif, the head of the Druze community in Israel.

“On behalf of the entire nation of Israel, I offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed and to the entire Druze community,” the Israeli president said.

Hezbollah “crossed all possible red lines”

Tarif, for his part, assured that Saturday’s attack represents the “continued reality” of communities in northern Israel along the Lebanese border and that Hezbollah had “crossed all possible red lines.”

“It is impossible to imagine and describe the horrific scenes of children lying on the grass and their destroyed bodies,” he lamented.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagar reiterated in a statement that the Shiite group was responsible for the attack, despite the fact that the armed group has denied attacking the football field on its official channels.

“Hezbollah lied to the whole world and claimed they did not carry out this attack. That’s a lie,” Hagari said.

In addition, Israel confirmed the arrival of more than 40 projectiles in northern Israel on Saturday afternoon itself, most of which it managed to intercept.

Tensions between Netanyahu and Hezbollah escalate

However, at around 6:19 pm local time, a rocket fell on a soccer field, killing over a hundred children and injuring thirty people.

“This is the deadliest attack against Israeli civilians since October 7,” Hagari said.

The latest episode has escalated tensions on the border between Israel and Lebanon, where since October 8, there has been daily exchanges of gunfire between the Netanyahu government and Lebanese militias, like never before.

All-out war between the two sides may now be closer.