UPDATE: Hezbollah rocket of Iranian production kills 12 children in Majdal Shams, dozens wounded in deadly playground strike.
Following a direct hit in the area of Majdal Shams, a large Druze town, on Saturday evening, twelve were killed, among them children and teenagers between the ages of 10 and 20. At least 19 were wounded to varying degrees, including six seriously injured, three moderately, and 10 lightly injured, including those suffering from anxiety attacks.
They were transported to hospitals by Magen David Adom teams and IDF helicopters, MDA said in a statement. Following the direct hit in Majdal Shams, about 100 doses and blood components were provided to hospitals, MDA stated. MDA has asked the public to donate blood during the week.
The rocket hit a soccer field near a playground.
IDF Spokesperson R-adm. Daniel Hagari said early Sunday that the rocket which was fired at Majdal Shams was a Falaq 1 rocket of Iranian production whose warhead carries over 50 kilos of explosives. Hagari stated such a rocket is only in the hands of Hezbollah, adding the terror group had “carried out the launch from the Chebaa area in Lebanon.”
Hagari also named the Hezbollah commander who guided the fire as “Ali Muhammad Yihye.”
And the Biden admin is concerned that Israel might strike back (Yihye best be writing a will)
(NY Post) The Biden administration is extremely worried Hezbollah’s rocket attack on Golan Heights Saturday that killed at least 12 and wounded dozens of others could “trigger” a full-scale war between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group, according to a report.
US officials are fretting that without a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas terrorists over the ongoing fighting in Gaza, a war between the Jewish state and Iran-backed Hezbollah is becoming more likely — which will fuel the regional crisis and drag the United States even further into the ongoing conflict, Axios reported.
“What happened today could be the trigger we have been worried about and tried to avoid for 10 months,” one American official told the outlet.
Well, they’re not worried officially, as there has been no actual statement. Perhaps if the Biden regime had been more forceful in defending our allies in Israel against radical, terrorist Islam Hezbollah wouldn’t have gotten frisky. It’s not like it and Hamas aren’t on the US State Department list of terrorist organizations or something. But, then, it seems that the Biden admin has been working hard to get big wars going.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz discussed the deadly attack with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and declared that “Hezbollah crossed all red lines” and the Jewish state was now “facing an all-out war” with the Lebanese terrorists.
After receiving word of Hezbollah’s attack, Netanyahu rushed back to Israel from Washington, DC, moving his flight up by three and a half hours.
In a video statement, the prime minister said he would not let the attack “pass in silence.”
Netanyahu added: “We embrace the families, embrace the entire Druze community in its difficult time, which is also our difficult time.”
Up to 40 people were reported injured in the attack, with a handful listed in critical condition.
The White House did not immediately issue a statement.
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