Israel's air force says it has hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Newshour
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🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Israel's air force says it has hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon which comes after the deadly rocket strike on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that left twelve children and young adults dead and dozens injured, according to Israeli authorities. The Israel Defence Forces said a rocket was fired by the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a claim strongly denied by the group. We hear from Lebanon’s Foreign Minister and a government spokesperson.
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(Photo: Emergency personnel inspect the area after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services, people were killed, at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Celia Hatton. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to News Hour on the BBC World Service coming to you live from London. |
| 0:10.0 | Right off the top of this hour, we're going to take you to the Middle East, where many are asking, |
| 0:15.5 | could the deaths of 12 young people hit by a rocket strike while playing football in the Israeli |
| 0:21.6 | occupied Plateau, the Golan Heights, |
| 0:23.8 | lead to an all-out war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. |
| 0:28.4 | The victims belong to the Arabic-speaking Drew's community, |
| 0:31.9 | a distinct religious and ethnic group that makes up 1.5% of |
| 0:36.8 | Israel's population. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who had this to say in the |
| 0:42.1 | wake of the attack. |
| 0:43.0 | Citizens of Israel, like you, I was shocked to see the horrific photos in the wake of Hezbollah's murderous attack |
| 0:56.6 | in Majdolshams. |
| 0:59.5 | Among those who were murdered are young children who are playing soccer and others. All of our hearts are broken |
| 1:07.1 | over these sites. We embrace the families and the entire Drew's community in its difficult hour, which is also our difficult hour. |
| 1:18.0 | Funerals have been taking place for the young victims. Photos from the scene showed women sobbing over closed coffins which were draped in white. |
| 1:30.0 | Earlier I spoke to our correspondent Barbara Platt Usher who's in Jerusalem. I asked what's the situation in the region? |
| 1:37.0 | Well Hezbollah has strongly denied that it was behind the attack, but the Israelis have completely dismissed that. |
| 1:43.0 | They are quite convinced or say they are quite convinced that it was |
| 1:46.0 | and they have said that the rocket that was used was one that was in the Hezbollah |
| 1:51.0 | arsenal as well as the location from which it was fired suggested |
| 1:54.6 | very strongly that it was a Hezbollah rocket. So there's no real debate about that on |
| 1:59.3 | the Israeli side. The Israeli leaders are meeting to discuss what the next step should be overnight |
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