Thousands of Druze mourn youths killed in Golan Heights strike
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00:00These mothers are burying their children, 12 of them killed in a rocket strike on a
00:05football pitch at the Druze village of Majdal Shams.
00:09High-profile figures like the Israeli defence minister, Israeli army chief and the IDF spokesperson
00:15arrived at the site of the attack in Israel and next to Golan Heights, blaming Iran-backed
00:20group Hezbollah for what they say is the deadliest strike on an Israeli target since Hamas's
00:25October 7th attack and vowing to respond strongly.
00:29Our forensic team has made it clear, this rocket was a rocket called Falakwan, it is
00:38manufactured in Iran, it is delivered to Hezbollah, Hezbollah is the only terror organisation
00:46in Lebanon that holds Falakwan.
00:50Benjamin Netanyahu, who's currently on tour in the US, spoke on Saturday night saying
00:55he'd returned to Israel earlier to summon his security cabinet.
00:58Hezbollah, who claimed several attacks on Israeli military infrastructure on Saturday
01:04in response to a deadly Israeli raid in southern Lebanon, however fully denied responsibility
01:10for the rocket strike in Golan Heights.
01:12Its ally Iran released a statement warning Israel of an escalating conflict.
01:18An ignorant action of the Zionist regime can lead to the broadening of the scope of instability
01:23in security and war in the region.
01:25Israel will be responsible for the unforeseen consequences and reaction to such stupid behaviour.
01:32Israel retaliated, launching a fresh round of strikes on Hezbollah targets in eastern
01:37and southern Lebanon overnight.
01:39Any large-scale operation, however, would have to get the security cabinet's approval
01:44first.