Israel-Hamas War: 'The Deadliest Since October 7', IDF Prepares to Respond After 10 Civilians Killed

For Israel, the attack that was carried out in the Golan and killed 10 civilians this Saturday, July 27, 2024 is the “deadliest since October 7” for civilians. The IDF says it is “preparing to respond” to Hezbollah after a deadly rocket attack.

Israeli emergency services announced Saturday that rocket fire from Lebanon on the annexed Golan Heights in northern Israel had killed ten people and wounded 10, with the Israeli army blaming Hezbollah for the attack.

The Israeli army called it the “deadliest attack” since October 7. When Hamas launched a bloody assault on Israel, sparking a major reprisals by the Hebrew State on the Gaza Strip.

“We will act”

The Israeli military said Saturday it was “preparing to respond” to Lebanon's Hezbollah after a rocket attack on the annexed Golan Heights killed 10 people in the deadliest attack yet. against civilians in Israel since the Hamas attack on October 7.

“We will prepare to respond to Hezbollah, we will complete our assessments and we will act,” said army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “This is the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7”, he added at a press conference.

Hezbollah accused by Israel

Ten people were killed in a strike in Majdal Shams, Magen David Adom, Israel's equivalent of the Red Cross, said in a new report, adding that 19 people were injured, six seriously.

Israeli police and the army confirmed that rockets hit several sites in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, including one that hit Majdal Shams. The city is located on the northern border of Israel and southern Lebanon and borders Syria.

The army blamed the deadly shooting on Hezbollah, which denied being the perpetrator.

Many injured

Helicopters, ambulances and mobile intensive care units were deployed to the site, the army said.

“We arrived at a football field and saw destruction and objects on fire. “The injured were lying on the grass,” paramedic Idan Avshalom said in a statement released by Magen David Adom.

An AFP correspondent reported that medics were carrying the injured on stretchers from the site of the rocket strike in Majdal Shams, adding that several members of the Israeli security forces had been quickly deployed to the area.

“Officers and sappers from the Northern District Police are currently securing the area to prevent any further risk to the public", police said in a separate statement.

Hezbollah fighters killed

The rocket attack came after a Lebanese security source said four fighters from the Iran-backed Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah had been killed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah confirmed the deaths of four of its fighters. The movement has been exchanging cross-border fire with the Israeli army almost daily since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the attack launched on October 7 by Hamas in Israel.