Strike against Druze city Majdal Shams revives risk of total war – Liberation

Although Hezbollah has denied responsibility for Saturday’s attack that killed 12 youths, Israeli leaders are increasing their threat statements. Ceasefire talks in Gaza remain deadlocked.

Outrages and calls for restraint on the Western side, threats of total war on the Israeli side. The reactions came one after the other on Sunday, the day after a strike at a football stadium in the small Druze town of Majdal Shams., In the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, 12 youths between the ages of 10 and 16 were killed and another thirty injured. Videos of dismembered bodies that circulated in the hours following the explosion fueled outrage among Israeli officials against Hezbollah, raising fears of an active but moderate-intensity eruption along the front on both sides of the border between Israel and Lebanon. Israel blames the attack on an Iranian-backed armed Islamist group, which Hezbollah categorically denies.

Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official visit to Washington and the Security Council, several members of his government confirmed that the Israeli response would be comprehensive. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited Majdal Shams early Sunday morning, where he made the pledge “Strike the enemy with force” During a meeting with the local chief of security forces. The previous day, was born