An Israeli bombardment of a school killed 30 people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Hamas, while a Hezbollah strike on a field in an Arab village in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights killed 12 “boys and girls” between the ages of 10 and 20. , according to the latest Israeli army report

From her rocket Hezbollah in the Druze community of Majdal Shams, another 36 people were injured, 19 of them in serious condition, according to Israeli hospitals.

The rocket launch came shortly after it was announced that four Hezbollah fighters had been killed in an Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah denied that the rocket that caused the carnage was fired by its own fighters, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Lebanese Islamist movement would pay “highly” for the attack.

Retaliation from Israel

Israel’s air force jets launched a series of bombings overnight targeting Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, the Israeli military said today, in retaliation for the rocket fire and massacre at the Golan Heights village yesterday.

Overnight, Israeli warplanes “struck a series of terrorist targets” — Hezbollah positions — both “deep in Lebanese territory” and “in southern Lebanon,” among them “weapons depots and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Shabriha, Burj el Shmali, Bekaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Talatin, Hiam and Tir Harfa,” according to the statement.

After yesterday’s blow, Hezbollah was preparing for Israel’s counterattack and, according to Lebanese media, removed its fighters from about 100 of their positions in the southern part of the country, a stronghold of the movement.

Global shock and reactions

His special coordinator United Nations Organization for Lebanon and the commander of the blue-collar forces in the country appealed in the early hours of the morning to the parties to exercise “maximum restraint” on the Israel-Lebanon border.

In a joint statement via X, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Janine Hennis-Plaschert and Aroldo Latharo, head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (FINUL in French, UNIFIL in English), warn that a further escalation of hostilities between to the Israeli armed forces and Hezbollah threatens to cause “unbelievable destruction throughout the region”.

At EU level, the head of European diplomacy, Giuseppe Borrell, condemned the “bloodbath”, calling for an “independent international investigation” into the attack.

“Shocking images from the soccer field in the Druze town of Majal Shams. I absolutely condemn this bloodbath. We need an independent international investigation into this unacceptable incident. We urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further escalation,” Mr Borrell stressed via X.

The White House reaffirmed their “unwavering support”. USA in Israel.

“The United States continues to support efforts to end these horrific attacks” on the Lebanese-Israeli border, said a spokesman for the National Security Council of the American presidency, adding that this is an “absolute priority.”