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Eleven people were killed and 34 wounded after a rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The area borders Syria.

Seventeen of the wounded are in critical condition, Eli Ben, head of the Magen David Adom rescue service, told AFP.

– “We are facing a large-scale war,” Israel Katz, the country’s foreign minister, told Israel’s Channel 12 news channel on Monday.

The attack targeted a football stadium.

The missile attack hit a football field, and many of the dead and wounded were children and young people between the ages of 10 and 20.

Verified videos show a crowd of people at a football stadium, with stretchers being rushed into the area.

The Israel Defense Forces said they were at the scene and helping to clear the area.

IDF Marks XThis is according to their intelligence. Hizb allah Behind the missile attack.

– The Hezbollah terrorist organization was behind the rocket fire earlier this evening at a soccer field in Majdal Shams, which resulted in a number of civilian casualties, including several children, the Israeli military wrote the following day. X.

Hezbollah initially said the attack was in retaliation for Israeli attacks on cities in southern Lebanon. Now they have backtracked on those statements.

– Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif told Reuters that all accusations of our involvement are false.

The attack on Majdal Shams comes shortly after an Israeli strike killed four militants in Lebanon.

The danger of war between Israel and Hezbollah

according to BBCThe attack is the deadliest on the Golan Heights since last fall.

After the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, there were daily rocket attacks between Israel and Hezbollah.

The Lebanese government condemns the attack and calls for a cessation of hostilities on all fronts. Reuters reports.

NTB wrote that 450 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon. 90 of the dead will be civilians. Hezbollah killed 21 soldiers and 13 civilians on the Israeli side.

Israel occupied the Syrian part of the Golan Heights. Six-Day War In 1967. In 1981, Israel annexed the area. However, the international community has never recognized it as Israeli territory.

Majda Shams is one of four villages in the Golan Heights. The majority of the residents are Druze. When Israel annexed the area, the Druze were granted Israeli citizenship. Most of them refused.

Druze who are not Israeli citizens can study and work in Israel, but do not have the right to vote.