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Our support for Israel's security is iron-clad and unwavering against all Iranian-backed terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah.
We are now looking into this in-depth and will release the details transparently to the public."
This is a Hezbollah rocket. And whoever launches such a rocket into a built-up area wants to kill civilians, wants to kill children,
Herzi Halevi, IDF’s chief of staff, said during a visit to the football pitch It could ignite a wider conflagration that would engulf the entire region in a catastrophe beyond belief,
the U.N. said in a statement We will hit the enemy hard."
However Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, visiting the site of the strike, said Contrary to its denials, Hezbollah is the entity that is unequivocally responsible for yesterday's massacre,
Israel's foreign ministry 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 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 in a statement We arrived at the soccer field and saw destruction and items on fire. Victims were lying on the grass, and the scenes were difficult. We immediately began triaging the injured. Some of the injured were taken to local clinics, and our teams were directed to those clinics as well. During the incident, there were additional alerts, and medical treatment for the injured is still ongoing."
Senior MDA medic Idan Avshalom said I didn't expect that our village would be hit, but it's happened now,
said Madad al-Shaer, 50, an owner of a falafel and hummus restaurant The United States will continue to support efforts to end these terrible attacks along the Blue Line, which must be a top priority,
the White House's National Security Council said in a statement Saturday, referring to the demarcation between Israel, Lebanon and the Golan Heights For the death of small children, Nasrallah should pay with his head,
Smotrich wrote on social media after the attack Saturday, referring to Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah Israel will not allow this to pass quietly,
Netanyahu said in a statement They were playing soccer, they heard sirens they ran to shelter ... it may take them like 15 seconds (to reach the shelter). But they couldn't reach the shelter because the rocket hit the site between the ground and the shelter,
said Mourhaf Abu Saleh, a witness There were casualties on the grass and the scene was gruesome,
Hezbollah will pay a heavy price, the kind it has thus far not paid,
he said in a phone call with the leader of the Druze community in Israel, according to a statement from his office The Islamic Resistance has no connection to this incident,
it said, referring to its military wing We arrived at a football pitch and saw destruction and objects on fire. Injured people were lying on the grass,
paramedic Idan Avshalom said in a statement issued by Magen David Adom Officers and police bomb disposal experts from the northern district police are currently securing the area and searching for additional (rocket) remnants to eliminate any further risk to the public,
the police said in a separate statement The Hezbollah attack today crossed all red lines, and the response will be accordingly,