(28 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Majdal Shams, Golan Heights – 28 July 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of bicycles on the floor, damaged soccer field hit by strike behind
2. Close of damaged wall of shelter and sign reading (English) "Donated with love for the safety of the people in Israel"
3. Man looking at site of strike
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Israeli military’s chief spokesman:
"This tragic national tragedy was caused because of Hezbollah, the terror organization, that fired a rocket here to this field. Our forensic team has made it clear this rocket was a rocket called Falaq one. It is manufactured in Iran. It is delivered to Hezbollah. Hezbollah is the only terror organization in Lebanon that holds Falaq one."
5. Various of damaged soccer field hit by strike
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Israeli military’s chief spokesman:
"What happened tonight is the most significant and horrible event since the 7th of October towards Israeli civilians. We’re embracing those families from Majdal Shams, we are embracing our Druze brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, and we will act to defend the citizens of Israel."
7. Wide of damaged soccer field
8. Bicycles on ground next to shelter
9. Various of people in soccer field, damage
STORYLINE:
A rocket strike on Saturday which hit a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed at least 11 children and teens, Israeli authorities said.
Israel blamed Hezbollah for the strike but Hezbollah rushed to deny any role.
The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, speaking from the site of the attack, called it the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since the Hamas attack on October 7 that sparked the war in Gaza.
He said 20 others were wounded.
Hezbollah chief spokesman Mohammed Afif told The Associated Press that the group “categorically denies carrying out an attack on Majdal Shams.”
It is unusual for Hezbollah to deny an attack.
The strike at the soccer field, just before sunset, followed earlier cross-border violence on Saturday, when Hezbollah said three of its fighters were killed, without specifying where.
Israel’s military said its air force targeted a Hezbollah arms depot in the border village of Kfar Kila, adding that militants were inside at the time.
Hezbollah said its fighters carried out 10 different attacks using rockets and explosive drones against Israeli military posts, the last of which targeted the army command of the Haramoun Brigade in Maaleh Golani with Katyusha rockets.
In a separate statement, Hezbollah said it hit the same army post with a short-range Falaq rocket.
It said the attacks were in response to Israeli airstrikes on villages in southern Lebanon.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on a visit to the United States, said he would cut short his trip by several hours, without specifying when he would return.
It said he will convene the security Cabinet after arriving.
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire since October 8, a day after Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel.
In recent weeks, the exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has intensified, with Israeli airstrikes and rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah striking deeper and farther away from the border.
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