{"id":2314712,"date":"2024-07-27T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2314712"},"modified":"2024-07-27T14:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:38:49","slug":"rocket-attack-on-town-in-israeli-controlled-golan-heights-kills-at-least-10-rescue-official-says-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rocket-attack-on-town-in-israeli-controlled-golan-heights-kills-at-least-10-rescue-official-says-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills at least 10, rescue official says &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frocket-attack-on-town-in-israeli-controlled-golan-heights-kills-at-least-10-rescue-official-says-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2314712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A rocket attack\u2063 on Saturday targeted a soccer\u2063 field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, resulting in\u2062 at least 10 fatalities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-injuries-reported-after-driver-speeds-through-crowd-of-protesters-in-new-york\/\" title=\"Multiple Injuries Reported After Driver Speeds Through Crowd of Protesters in New York\">multiple injuries<\/a>, including children. The attack \u2062occurred shortly after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, which killed three \u2062members of the militant group Hezbollah. This incident \u2062marks one of the deadliest assaults on Israeli soil amid\u2062 ongoing hostilities\u200d between Israel and Hezbollah, raising concerns about escalating violence in\u2063 the region.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the rocket \u200dfire, stating\u2063 it was \u200bretaliation\u2062 against Israeli bombing of a\u200b village in Lebanon but denied \u200ctargeting \u200dthe town of Majdal\u200c Shams where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-executive-order-on-foreign-interference-in-elections-comes-due-today-things-are-going-to-get-real-real-soon\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Executive Order On Foreign Interference in Elections Comes Due Today \u2013 Things Are Going to Get Real \u2013 Real Soon\">attack occurred<\/a>. The Israeli military\u200b attributed the rocket launch to Hezbollah,\u200d stating it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-biden-ignored-militarys-advice-on-afghanistan\/\" title=\"McConnell: Biden Ignored Military\u2019s Advice on Afghanistan\">caused civilian casualties<\/a>. Initial reports indicated that many of the injured were young people, aged between 10 and \u200b20.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders expressed outrage at the attack, urging the Israeli government to take action against Hezbollah\u2019s leadership. \u2062Additionally, \u2064the Israeli military confirmed\u2063 the\u2063 launch of \u200ba projectile from Lebanon into the Golan Heights and reported that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignores-law-to-sanction-hamas-and-hezbollah-for-civilian-shield-use-lawmakers-say\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Ignores Law To Sanction Hamas and Hezbollah for Civilian Shield Use, Lawmakers Say\">air force targeted<\/a> a Hezbollah arms\u200c depot in response to the earlier\u200c attacks. The Golan Heights was \u2062captured by Israel from Syria in 1967 and \u2064subsequently annexed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills at least 10, rescue official says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714756\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> A rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed at least 10 people and wounded several others, including children, hours after an Israeli airstrike on south <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lebanon<\/a> killed three members of the militant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hezbollah<\/a> group.<\/p>\n<p>The strike, the deadliest attack on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> target since the fighting between the two foes erupted in October, raised fears of a broader conflagration in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said it struck a military base in the Golan Heights in retaliation for Israeli attacks on a village in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah chief spokesman Mohammed Afif told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that the group &ldquo;categorically denies carrying out an attack on Majdal Shams.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said in a statement Saturday that according to intelligence in its possession, &ldquo;the rocket launch toward Majdal Shams was carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist organization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Hezbollah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>terrorist<\/a> organization is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field in Majdal Shams which caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, earlier this evening,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&rsquo;s Magen David Adom paramedic service initially reported 11 people wounded, nine critically, and all between the ages of 10 and 20. Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan aired footage of some being rushed to ambulances on stretchers from a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These were kids at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/soccer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>soccer<\/a> field,&rdquo; Beni Ben Muvchar, head of the local council, told Israeli Channel 12. &ldquo;Today a red line was crossed,&rdquo; he said, urging Israeli leaders to start targeting top Hezbollah commanders.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said one projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area, adding it was cooperating with the MDA to evacuate the wounded. Channel 12 aired footage of a large blast in one of the town&rsquo;s valleys.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said in a statement that its militants firing Katyusha rockets at an Israeli army post in the Golan Heights was in response to Israeli airstrikes on villages in south Lebanon. The group said earlier three of its members were killed on Saturday without specifying where. Israel&rsquo;s military said its air force targeted a Hezbollah arms depot on the border village of Kfar Kila, adding that militants were inside at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed them in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Israel and Hezbollah have traded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-hamas-rockets-kibbutz-aacd476e74ef8db2791dca485a349763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>near daily fire<\/a>&nbsp;since the war in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hezbollah-israel-hamas-lebanon-gaza-b75185ba722bf31c4982e579541a12f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>&nbsp;started after Hamas&rsquo; surprise attack on Oct.7 killed some 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage. Israel launched an offensive that has so far killed more than 39,000 people, according to local health authorities, displaced over 80% of the territory&rsquo;s people and triggered a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past weeks, the exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel intensified with Israeli airstrikes and rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah striking deeper and further away from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-gaza-war-iran-conflict-260c308e5e6f85d30d8ebd0352c6bcb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since early October, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 450 people, mostly Hezbollah members, but also around 90 civilians and non-combatants. On the Israeli side, 21 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714756\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714756\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rocket strike on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights resulted in at least 10 fatalities and several injuries, including children, on Saturday. This incident occurred shortly after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon that killed three members of the militant group Hezbollah. The attack marks the deadliest incident targeting Israel since hostilities between the two sides escalated in October, raising concerns about a wider conflict in the area. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for attacking a military base in response to Israeli strikes on a Lebanese village but denied involvement in the Majdal Shams attack. The Israeli military attributed the rocket launch to Hezbollah and reported multiple civilian casualties from the strike at the soccer field, which included individuals aged 10 to 20. Local officials expressed outrage over targeting children and called for action against senior Hezbollah leaders. Meanwhile, tensions have been escalating along the Lebanon-Israel border with ongoing exchanges of fire since early October following Hamas&#8217;s surprise assault that resulted in significant casualties and led to Israel&#8217;s extensive military response affecting Gaza as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2314716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/israel-lebanon.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13980,36466,4671,36467,36465],"class_list":["post-2314712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-casualties","tag-golan-heights","tag-israel","tag-rescue-operations","tag-rocket-attack"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/israel-lebanon.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}