At least 10 Israeli people were killed when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli media and a senior official in the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.
The Israeli military said that the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon fired around 40 rockets across the border, with one of them hitting the Druze town of Majdal Shams.
But Hezbollah said in statement it had nothing to do with the attack, which hit a football field.
“There is no doubt that Hezbollah crossed all red lines,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Channel 12 news. “We are facing an all-out war.”
Katz said such a war would come at a “cost” to Israel, but that Hezbollah would pay a higher price.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said that victims were between the ages of 10 and 20.
Israel and the Hamas-allied Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost daily since the start of the Gaza war on October 7 last year.
The intensity of these clashes has recently increased significantly. There have been fatalities on both sides, raising fears that the conflict could spread wider in the region.
