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It is very difficult. The entire town is like one big family,
Arin Awidat, a resident of Majdal Shams, told Channel 12 TV news I was afraid of going to work and leaving my children at home alone, but we never imagined that such a disaster would fall upon us,
Hezbollah, Iran's proxy in the region, will not be exonerated for this event, even with its absurd denials. They fired, they will bear the price and they will pay a heavy price for their actions,
said Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war."
I doubt that there will be a strike, but nothing is far-fetched when it comes to the enemy,
said Abdallah Dalal, a resident of the Lebanese border village of Chebaa Big anger, big, big. I have no feelings that I can explain to you,
said Hassan Shakir, a Majdal Shams resident For more than nine months, Hezbollah is attacking our citizens in the north firing thousands of rockets and missiles and UAVs at northern Israel, targeting homes, families and communities,
We are not, let’s say, capable to do it in both places and at the same time.”
Igniting a war in Israel’s north while it’s engaged in Gaza would overburden the military, Barak Ben-Zur, a researcher at the International Institute of Counter-Terrorism, told journalists The UK condemns the strike in Golan Heights that has tragically claimed at least 12 lives
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mr Lammy wrote I'm sure anyone that has seen the latest images... it's heartbreaking to see what's going on and it's such a painful human reminder of why we need to get to a situation where the fighting can stop
On the Israeli side, you have an army that’s getting tired after 10 months of war. But the population of Israel is different. In fact, you have a large segment of Israel’s population that’s urging the Israeli government to take care of Hezbollah and regain control of their northern border,
No party in the entire region has either a political interest or a military interest in targeting a kid’s soccer game in a Druze town in the occupied Golden Heights. And it’s also worth noting that there is a desire on both the part of Hezbollah and Israel to avoid a full-scale war,
he told Al Jazeera from Washington, DC We are determined to bring the Gaza conflict to a close. It’s gone on for far too long. It’s cost far too many lives. We want to see Israelis, we want to see Palestinians, we want to see Lebanese live free from the threat of conflict and violence,
We would need an independent investigation to actually really know what’s unfolded in this case. But Hezbollah’s denial is itself at least an indication even if it were to turn out to be a Hezbollah rocket, it certainly is not an intentional targeting of that soccer game,
If that happens, the Zionist regime will be the definitive and main entity responsible for the unpredictable repercussions and reactions to such stupid behaviour,
The rocket that murdered our boys and girls was an Iranian rocket and Hezbollah is the only terror organization which has those in its arsenal,
Israel's foreign ministry said We will hit the enemy hard."
However, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, visiting the site of the strike, said We are in difficult moments. A heavy tragedy, a dark day has come to Majdal Shams,
said Dolan Abu Saleh, head of the Majdal Shams local council, in comments broadcast on Israeli television This is exactly the kind of thing that can send us into a spiral,
said Gershon Baskin, Middle East director of the International Communities Organisation based in Israel Escalation is never planned, it spins out of control,