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Rocket fire on the Golan Heights: the risk of a regional conflagration
Rocket fire on the Golan Heights: the risk of a regional conflagration
(Franceinfo)
Israel is considering a response to the rocket attack on Saturday, July 27, which it attributes to Hezbollah and which killed 12 children in the Golan Heights. This territory is illegally occupied by Israel. Fears of a regional conflagration are high.
“The blood of Israeli children has been shed and there is a price to pay”warned Yoav Gallant, Israeli Minister of Defense, on Monday, July 29, threatening Hezbollah with a “retaliate”In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emmanuel Macron assured that France was fully committed to avoiding a new escalation in the region.
On Saturday, July 27, a rocket attack killed 12 children in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, on the Golan Heights, a territory illegally occupied by Israel. For its part, Iran is warning Israel of the consequences of a retaliatory attack in Lebanon. Several countries are calling for an international investigation amid fears of a regional conflagration. The Hebrew state and the United States believe that the attack came from Hezbollah, a Lebanese group financed by Iran.
