Washington:
The White Home mentioned on Sunday {that a} rocket assault that killed 12 younger folks within the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights was “the work of Lebanese Hezbollah.”
Nationwide Safety Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson referred to as the assault “horrible” in an announcement. “This was their rocket, fired from an space they management. This must be universally condemned.”
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group fired an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram (110-pound) warhead at a soccer stadium within the Druze Arab city of Majdal Shams on Saturday, the Israeli army mentioned. , attacked these younger folks.
“Our help for Israel’s safety is ironclad and unwavering and we oppose all Iranian-backed threats, together with Hezbollah,” Watson mentioned.
“For the reason that horrific assaults, we’ve been in ongoing discussions with our Israeli and Lebanese counterparts,” she added.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris additionally condemned the assault in comparable language to the White Home.
Phil Gordon, Harris’ Nationwide Safety Council adviser, wrote on
“She condemned this horrific assault and expressed her condolences to all these killed and injured.”
Hezbollah mentioned it had nothing to do with the incident.
The group has described its previous cross-border firing as help for Palestinian Islamists Hamas, which has been combating Israeli forces in Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel.
In line with statistics from AFP, the violence since then has killed at the least 527 folks in Lebanon, most of them militants, but additionally together with 104 civilians.
In line with Israeli authorities, 22 Israeli troopers and 24 civilians have been killed within the cross-border operation.
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