Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Hezbollah will face the consequences of its deadly attack on Majdal Shams yesterday “even with its ridiculous denials.”
“I went to the Northern Command to see the response plans. This is Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy in the region. Hezbollah will not go unpunished for this incident, even with its ridiculous denials,” Gallant says in a video statement from the Northern Command base in Safed.
He says that Hezbollah launched the rocket, and “will bear the price and will pay a heavy price for its actions.”
France condemns deadly rocket attack on north ‘in the strongest possible terms’
IDF chief holding assessment and approving plans for Lebanon, military says
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi is currently holding an assessment and approving plans for Lebanon, the military says.
The meeting comes as Israel is readying to respond to Hezbollah’s deadly rocket attack on Majdal Shams yesterday.
It is attended by the deputy IDF chief of staff and the chiefs of the Northern Command, Military Intelligence Directorate, Operations Directorate, Air Force, and other generals, the IDF adds.
Norway urges citizens in Lebanon to leave the country
Norway’s embassy in Lebanon urges its citizens to leave the country, reiterating existing travel warnings.
“The conflict between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel has escalated,” says the embassy in an Arabic-language social media post. “Norwegian authorities remind you of travel guidelines that encourage all Norwegian citizens to leave the country. In case the situation worsens, travel options outside Lebanon may become limited. In such a situation, the Norwegian Embassy will have very limited resources to assist Norwegian citizens in leaving the country.”
Hezbollah clearing out key Lebanese sites ahead of potential Israeli strikes, security sources say
Hezbollah is on high alert, two security sources tell Reuters, as tensions spiral following a deadly attack by the terror group on a soccer field in northern Israel.
The security sources says Hezbollah preemptively cleared out some key sites in both Lebanon’s south and the eastern Bekaa Valley in the event of a possible attack by Israel.
Israel has said the Iran-backed terror group will “pay the price” after 12 children were killed in a rocket attack yesterday.
Netanyahu arrives back in Israel after US trip; security cabinet to meet at 4 p.m.
‘Massive tragedy’: Children killed in Hezbollah rocket attack on soccer field are named
Eleven of the 12 children killed in Saturday’s deadly Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams were named by Arabic and Hebrew media on Sunday morning, as northern community representatives railed against the government for what they described as a lackluster response to daily missile fire.
The victims were named as Alma Ayman Fakher Eldin, 11 Milad Muadad Alsha’ar, 10; Vinees Adham Alsafadi, 11; Iseel Nasha’at Ayoub, 12; Yazan Nayeif Abu Saleh, 12; Johnny Wadeea Ibrahim, 13; Ameer Rabeea Abu Saleh, 16; Naji Taher Alhalabi, 11; Fajer Laith Abu Saleh, 16; Hazem Akram Abu Saleh, 15; and Nathem Fakher Saeb, 16.
Twelve children and teens were killed when a rocket hit a soccer field in the northern Druze town Saturday afternoon. The IDF has said that the rocket was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 with a warhead of over 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives.
The funerals of most of the children killed were set to begin at 11 a.m. in Majdal Shams
Benny Ben-Muvhar, head of the Mevo’ot Hermon Regional Council, told Channel 12 news that four or five of the children killed were members of a single family.
“Ten months we are waiting for the security cabinet to tell us where to turn. We are sitting with army officials and saying: ‘We are ready, we are strong, we are waiting for instructions from the security cabinet.’ And what happens in the meantime? A mother and son are killed in Kfar Yuval, people killed in the communities,” he said.
He called the latest attack a “disaster” and demanded a change in the military’s responses.
Residents and first responders described scenes of bloody carnage on the soccer field. Though a warning siren had sounded, it was too short an alert for the victims, who were unable to flee in time.
A number of children injured in the attack remained in serious condition in pediatric intensive care units in the north, many with permanent injuries, hospitals said Sunday morning
Prof. Salman Zarka, director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed, said 30 injured arrived in the immediate aftermath of the attack, of whom 15 are still hospitalized.
He told Channel 12 news that three of them are in serious condition. A number are expected to undergo additional surgeries throughout the day
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