golan heights, i two-thirds of golan heights was two—thirds of golan heights was started by israel in000 people living there, the size of the area is really large, is four times the size of gaza. 20,000 of the people living there are arabs, some of them have embraced the israeli nationality and passport, and some of them did not want to do that and inherited that across generations, and kept links with syria and go and get educated in syria and come back. and 20,000 people living there are israeli settlers but what this missile targeted are the arabs who are living there, making this, making these attacks very complicated and mysterious. we attacks very complicated and mysterious— attacks very complicated and m sterious. ~ . , , mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures _ mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there _ mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there and - mysterious. we are still seeing those pictures there and also l those pictures there and also reuters are reporting that the israeli military says they have struct hezbollah targets deep in lebanese

the golan heights has occuied the region. the golan heights has occupied syrian _ the region.ghts has occupied syrian territory. - the region. the golan heights has occupied syrian territory. israel. occupied syrian territory. israel invaded it in 1967 and has occupied it ever since. they declared it annexed some years later. more or less the entirety of the international community recognises it as occupied territory and i am glad that the bbc continues to refer to it as the occupied golan heights because it is as occupied territory as gaza, the west bank, as east jerusalem and the sinai peninsula until the peace treaty between egypt and israel. all of these were territories that were taken in 1967. it frankly doesn't serve at the moment strategic benefits. we move beyond that due to the advances in technology and so on. there are quite long—standing disputes around water and connection to water supplies, but this is an inheritance from the 1967 war. you have a largely druze population and they maintain quite strong connections to their syrian identity. it is peculiar to see h

by his way of following the, that the talk on that is where you, the occupied golan heights, which is when is blaming on has the law and has below is didn't like. yeah. so um, you know, indeed we've heard already for several hours. the denials from his ballade that it was responsible for that attack on the drew's community. what exactly have they been saying? so what do we know that has blog claimed this claim uh that it carried out at least 12 attacks on his way any positions yesterday, including 2 attacks on as well, any positions in the golan heights, one of which is really close to mr. sham. so it could be that the messiah did wrongly hit the soccer fields in most insurance, as well as the is denying this. it also could be that is why any in deception iron, don't a fired beside that. hit that uh, soccer field is why is obviously denying this as well. but this has been widely a shared opinion in, in the been on and across the region. so mission in terms is prominent and bring down in pre domina ok resided by a arab drew's. and that's, that's a major reason why his blog wouldn't wan

i'm not in the west bank but in the golan heights, and it annexed the golan heights, formerly in 1980, for which it was condemned by the u. one security council and, and diplomatic negotiations between israel and syria. during the 1990s. these failed because ultimately, israel was unprepared to accept a comprehensive withdrawal to the pre june of 1967 lines. and it has major intelligence installations there. and since october, 8th of last year, as part of what has mother calls that support front and support of the false city. and that has also been showing military installations and the gaza strip. i think there's another element here, as you know, the international court of justice recently ruled israel's role in the west bank and gaza strip, including east jerusalem to be unlawful, the legal and that it must. and immediately, although the golan heights was not part of that case, and i think the, the determinations made by the i c, j, about the occupied palestinian territories apply just as clearly to the occupied syrian golan heights earlier on saturday as well tower that multiply s

the attack on the golan heihts gaza? the attack on the golan heights was — gaza?lan heights was denied by - heights was denied by hezbollah, it is not confirmed by hezbollah. i think hezbollah will show some kind of reaction to it in the reaction will be probably more increasing attack on northern israel, but i do not think it will escalate toward an open war on the israel inaudible.- toward an open war on the israel inaudible. that was doctor israel inaudible. that was doetor dr — israel inaudible. that was doctor dr ali _ israel inaudible. that was doctor dr ali mamouri - israel inaudible. that was | doctor dr ali mamouri based israel inaudible. that was - doctor dr ali mamouri based in sydney as a specialist in religious studies. we have our expert from bbc arabic, more reaction to the news?- expert from bbc arabic, more reaction to the news? from one ofthe reaction to the news? from one of the heads — reaction to the news? from one of the heads of _ reaction to the news? from one of the heads of the _ reaction to the news? from one of the heads of the politica

and this a rocket attack on the golan heights. what exactly who live in same to what's talked with hers below and announced that it carried out 12 attacks on his way the positions yesterday, including 2 attacks on his way to positions in the golan heights. uh, one of which is really very close to most a sham. so it could be that the messiah did rumbly, hit the soccer field, and must have chums. but it also could be that in his writing at the suction, aside from the item done that hit the town predominantly resided by a rob drawers. and that's, that's a major reason why has the law wouldn't want to target the those community and therefore is denying any responsibility for the talk. that was dw, bear with bureau chief mohammed traits. and mohammed, thank you so much for your reporting. all right, let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. this our polls have opened and venezuela for the most closely fund election and decades. president nicholas venturo who's speaking of 3rd term and

golan heights in which at least 12 peeple died?— golan heights in which at least 12 people died?ball pitch. — people died? that rocket struck a football pitch, where _ people died? that rocket struck a football pitch, where children - people died? that rocket struck a j football pitch, where children and teenagers are playing football. frankly it could hardly have been worse. all of the casualties are young people. many of the names have been released as well as the ages. the youngest was ten, the oldest was 16, and one family lost four children, so it's a real tragedy. the funerals have started last night and they will continue later today. an eyewitness said the sirens did go off when the rockets were in the air but there wasn't enough time to get to the shelter, the children were running towards the shelter but the golan heights is very close to lebanon and so the time before the warning came, and the time that the rocket struck wasn't enough. and it struck between the children and shelter. so it was a very, very tragic strike. and the leadership of the community has responded

our policy to the golan heights has not changed. the secretary has talked about this and consistently talked about it in the same way and our position has not changed. >> my second question is about the hezbollah incident and hezbollah denying and israel and united states accusing them of this. do you have any independent verification that it was hezbollah or relying on israeli information? >> i'm not going to get into the underlying data that supports this assessment but what i can say is that this attack was conducted by hezbollah and their rocket and anything to the contrary would be denial of reality. i'm not going to get into the underlying circumstances of this but it is our assessment it was an attack by hezbollah. it was their rocket and launched from an area they control. >> they issued a warning to u.s. citizens to leave as soon as possible. a lot of people in the region have taken this as a warning as a looming war. [indiscernible] >> the important thing to remember when it comes to our consular effort, we take the safety

the attack on the golan heights _ fighting in gaza? heights was denied i fighting in gaza? the attack on i the golan heights was denied by his bowler not confirmed by hezbollah. i think his bowler will show some kind of reaction to it and the reaction would through probably be more increasing attack on northern israel. i don't think it will escalate toward an open war unless israel starts it. taste unless israel starts it. we appreciate _ unless israel starts it. we appreciate your _ unless israel starts it. we appreciate your analysis, and academic and journalist specialising in these matters. we still have said with us in the studio. another issue —— official from the studio. another issue —— officialfrom hamas the studio. another issue —— official from hamas saying the studio. another issue —— officialfrom hamas saying our leaders killing will not go unanswered, this is the typical reaction we would react to this kind of event.— kind of event. absolutely if we can look at _ kind of event. absolutely if we can look at the _ kind of e

this is the context for the golan heights.ollah said it had been targeting idf bases, bases of the israeli military, and there are military bases in the golan heights.— in gaza, the health ministry says at least 30 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a school which was sheltering displaced people. israeli missiles hit the kha—dija school compound in deir al—balah in central gaza, it had been housing palestinians who'd been forced to flee their homes since the war began. the israeli army says the strike targeted a hamas command and control centre which was inside the school. ambulances brought those killed and injured, including children, to a nearby hospital in deir al—balah. early we spoke to akram al—satary, a freelance journalist who joins us from khan younis. yes, as a matter—of—fact according to the medical sources, 31 palestinians were killed and around 100 others were injured according to the palestinian medical sources. the ones bearing the brunt of the incident are women and children. the place that was ta

heights in the north— village in golan heights in the north of— village in golan heights in the northh of israel. it was carried in beirut, and that is significant because according to a lot — significant because according to a lot of the reporting, americans are putting on pressure on israelis not to carry— pressure on israelis not to carry on_ pressure on israelis not to carry on any attacks in beirut, to carry— carry on any attacks in beirut, to carry out _ carry on any attacks in beirut, to carry out a proportional response that was proportionate to what — response that was proportionate to what has belied did and the israelis — to what has belied did and the israelis felt they needed to do something very significant. and their_ something very significant. and their target was responsible, was one _ their target was responsible, was one of the main people responsible for the 1983 beirut marine — responsible for the 1983 beirut marine barracks bombing that killed — marine barracks bombing that killed hundreds of americans. it is difficult for the americans to be upset with the isra

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heights, it's unclear if the golan heights, it's unclear if the strike is a heavy price for that foryou back with more information from our correspondent olivia who has been speaking to us earlier. let's reconnect with her.- speaking to us earlier. let's reconnect with her. thank you very much forioining — reconnect with her. thank you very much forjoining us. _ reconnect with her. thank you very much forjoining us. let's - reconnect with her. thank you very much forjoining us. let's get - much forjoining us. let's get across to olivia. get us up to speed what you have been seeing and hearing in beirut. what has been transpiring because that information has been coming in as to their potential target, the status of his well—being as well. we're still trying to find out if fuad shukr who is thought to have survived the attack has indeed survived the attack. what do you know? the sources now saying that fuad shukr seems to have escaped this attack, this strike in the heart of beirut southern suburbs. notoriously known because this is where has villa has political offices and other impo

that's following saturdays, deadly rocket strike on these really controlled golan heights. at least 12 children and teenagers were killed and dozens more wounded of the incident. after rockets hit a football field and an air of drew's community, israel is blaming has the law for the attack. but the wrong back, the village in group denies any involvement. the funeral procession for the streets of most of show it was 1000 strong. the rocket strike that killed 12 people on the soccer field was the deadliest attack in months since then exchanges a fire with the lebanese militant group. hezbollah have escalated for the local drew's community in the israel occupied. go on heights, it's a shock and that's no rule you come in, we are not more precious than children who are killed anywhere else in the country . know than the innocent, killed in southern lebanon, or the innocent children killed in gaza. our children, a normal process, and then with human beings, we live on lives and peace and tranquility advice. you know that we need to strive now to sign a deal and stop this down. p

the middle east, on a knife edge after israel accuses has the law of a deadly attack on the golan heights. the is riley air force says it's struck, has the lot targets and 11 on overnight calling those strikes retaliation for a rock. the tap on a roof count that killed 12 children, and teenagers. also coming up on our show today, venezuelans vote in a tightly contested presidential election with many people fed off with continual economic crises, and seeking change. president nicholas, my daughter ro face has the biggest challenge to socialists. in that case the, i'm quite richardson. thank you so much for joining us. fears of an escalation in fighting along the israel 11 on board, our following saturdays, rocket stripe on the is really occupied. golan heights, at least 12 children, and teenagers were killed and thousands wounded after rockets hit a football field. any drew's community, as well as blaming has the law for the attack. but the iran back to militant group denies any involvement. the fuel efficient the streets of most of shown this 1000 strong. the rocket strikes that killed 1

heights. is really military, says the targeted strike on a bay route suburbs killed a top has the law commander, lebanon, says 3 civilians were killed and dozens wounded. united nations as meanwhile urging com and bid piers that the region could be on the brink of a wider conflict. also coming up a race against time in india, rescuers into your last search for survivors pro and deadly land slides. experts say it's another example of severe weather risk related to climate change, the hello and welcome to the show. i'm just even due to the in berlin, united nations as urgent come along the border between israel and 11 on after israel said it killed top, a top has block a manager for a truck or in an air strike on a bay route supper is real, sexual cor, was responsible for an attack in the is really occupied golan heights, the killed 12 children and teenagers on saturday. lebanon is condemning the air strikes as a criminal act. it was a question of when not if israel would retaliate after a proje

paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights.ough the streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one — a town reeling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months, they fear the disaster, but they never imagined it would take away their children. at the football pitch where they all died, moments of silent reflection. efforts to comprehend the speed of this tragedy, a playground transformed in an instant into a place ofjagged metal, discarded belongings, and in the corner, the blood of the victims. we are told a siren sounded just seconds before the rocket landed here and blew the fence right back. and look — just outside the pitch, metres away, there is a bomb shelter, but the children on the pitch, those watching, those on their bikes and scooters, they had no time to react. the mood changes as government officials arrived to pay their respects. there is real anger now, even from one man in uniform. they have been bombarding us for ten months, he shouts. my children are crying ever

this druze arab minority stayed in the occupied golan heights after israel captured it from syria — nowt of the front line in israel's conflict with lebanon's hezbollah. so many children and teenagers killed, the youngest just ten years old. explosion. this is the moment the rocket struck — a football pitch in the middle of a game on saturday afternoon, with little warning and no time to run. rescue workers scrambled through the carnage to save who they could. translation: they heard sirens, they ran to shelter. _ it might have taken them, like, 15 seconds, but they couldn't reach the shelter because the rocket hit the site between the ground and the shelter. there were many people at the football pitch, so there were many casualties. the attack can't really be described. israel's border with lebanon has been in conflict for months, fighting in parallel with the gaza war. but this strike marks a new and dangerous phase. hezbollah denied responsibility, but israel's not buying it — the defence minister personally consoling the residents and promising to hit back hard. translation: a terr

this is the context for the golan heights.hezbollah said it had been targeting idf bases, bases of the israeli military, and there are military bases in the golan heights. in gaza, the health ministry says at least 30 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a school which was sheltering displaced people. israeli missiles hit the khadija school compound in deir al—balah in central gaza, it had been housing palestinians who'd been forced to flee their homes since the war began. the israeli army says the strike targeted a hamas command and control centre which was inside the school. ambulances brought those killed and injured, including children, to a nearby hospital in deir al—balah. earlier i spoke with akram al—satary, a freelance journalist who joins us from khan younis. yes, as a matter—of—fact according to the medical sources, 31 palestinians were killed and around 100 others were injured according to the palestinian medical sources. the ones bearing the brunt of the incident are women and children. the place that w

paul adams in the israeli—occupied golan heights.s arrived back in israel after cutting short a trip to washington. he has been meeting his security cabinet in tel aviv. let's speak to our middle east correspondent mark lowen, who is in jerusalem. what more do we know about this meeting that has been taking place? a security cabinet meeting that has been happening for the last couple of hours or so involving the prime minister, defence minister and other top—level ministers. it is the wide expectation that it will green light a retaliation in lebanon. the big question, as paul alluded to there, isjust how extensive question, as paul alluded to there, is just how extensive it that retaliation will be. there are some reports that have come through that suggest the pressure on the cabinet not to hit a major urban centre like beirut, for example, but clearly we have had comments from israeli ministers, the foreign minister saying the head of hezbollah should be with his head and we had benjamin netanyahu himself saying that hezbollah wil

it's blaming for the rocket attack on the israeli-occupied golan heights, where 12 children were killed. the white house, the briefing there karine jean-pierre was just asked another the question about this strike. let's listen in i may kirby said yesterday that fears of an all out between israel and hezbollah were exaggerated. >> i still white house's assessment after today's strike. >> so we do not believe that an all-out war is inevitable. that is not something that we believe and we believe that it can still be avoided we did you know, this is a president you've watched him the last three-and-a-half years. he believes and diplomacy, diplomatic solutions especially as we're talking in this moment along the blue line, that, that is true as well. and so that will end these attacks if we have some diplomatic solution from hezbollah once and for all, and allow israel and lebanese citizens on both sides of the border to return to their homes and live and live in live in safety. and that's what we want to see so we that's what we believe. there's a diplomatic solution here, and that's what

we community in the golan heights.lan heights, as you mentioned is occupied territory. it's syrian, israel occupied in 1967 the jewish community are linked to the jews community that are in lebanon, which has a relationship. of course, given a subpoena with hezbollah his butler, will probably be concerned and would probably be concerned about causing tensions with that community even within lebanon and south. so it's i think it's open to debate whether or not this was an intended target and of course, as joseph burrell of the european union pointed out an independent investigation needs to be conducted in order to understand quite what happened there. there's even speculation that this might have been the result of an eye iron dome malfunction. we frankly just don't know at this point so you isolated the key question. >> will this lead to all out war between israel and hezbollah? a, for israel, what would that mean? i mean, yet another front and already the idf short of manpower so there are a few things here. >> first

bbc correspondent paul adams is in golan heights.explosion happened at about 6:30 last night here in majdal shams. you can see the crater where the rocket landed. it blew this fence right out. and you can see children's bicycles and scooters, all among the wreckage here. and also, if you look at the fence, you can see shrapnel holes. and over in the corner, there are little pools of blood that they've tried to clear up. and there's blood also spattered on the walls. there is a bomb shelter right here next to the football pitch, and we're told that there was a siren moments before the explosion, but that no one had enough time to react. we're seeing a steady stream of visitors here in majdal shams today. government ministers, military officials and others coming to offer their condolences and also to talk about what israel does next. this is a part of the world where a conflict with lebanon, with the hezbollah fighters in lebanon has been raging ever since the war in gaza began in october. lebanon isjust over the mountain there. this

this druze arab minority stayed in the occupied golan heights after israel captured it from syria — now the front line in israel's conflict with lebanon's hezbollah. so many children and teenagers killed, the youngest just ten years old. explosion. this is the moment the rocket struck — a football pitch in the middle of a game on saturday afternoon, with little warning and no time to run. rescue workers scrambled through the carnage to save who they could. translation: they heard sirens, they ran to shelter. _ it might have taken them, like, 15 seconds, but they couldn't reach the shelter because the rocket hit the site between the ground and the shelter. there were many people at the football pitch, so there were many casualties. the attack can't really be described. israel's border with lebanon has been in conflict for months, fighting in parallel with the gaza war. but this strike marks a new and dangerous phase. hezbollah denied responsibility, but israel's not buying it — the defence minister personally consoling the residents and promising to hit back hard. translation: a terrible

he has this report on sirens pierces serenity of this in the israeli-controlled golan heights and in an instant this explosion will shatter the very soul of the druze community that lives here as residents and first responders rushed to the scene. the horror of this strike becomes clear soccer field children's bikes, pools of blood between them. 12 children, the youngest, just 10-years-old, torn from this life. it is the deadliest attack on civilians in israel or israeli israeli-controlled territory since october 7, according to israeli officials, israel says hezbollah, which has frequently targeted the golan heights before, is behind the attack as bola denies responsibility, it was 6:00 p.m. on a hot summer evening dozens of children were playing on this soft her field right behind me when suddenly sirens rang out seconds later, a rocket made impact just right here we're in its place now stands this black the flag of mourning. but one of the most devastating parts of all of this, as you see this scene frozen in time, is the fact that right behind us was safety a bombshell but there

heights.— responsible for the attack on the golan heights.r correspondent in southern - golan heights. we're joined by our. correspondent in southern lebanon. hugo, get us up to speed with what is been happening for that we mentioned that israel has confirmed that it carried out a targeted strike in it to beirut. do we know it yet casualties or how severe the blast was? ~ �* , it yet casualties or how severe the blast was?— it yet casualties or how severe the blast was? ~ �* , , . , ., blast was? we're seeing pictures of the destruction, _ blast was? we're seeing pictures of the destruction, at _ blast was? we're seeing pictures of the destruction, at least _ blast was? we're seeing pictures of the destruction, at least one i the destruction, at least one building partially collapsed in that area where the attack happened in the southern suburb of beirut. the significant of the attack is that happen in an area controlled by his brother in the capital of beirut. so his brother may see the israeli attack as a provocation, and escalation in the

the bbc�*s paul adams sent this report from the israeli—occupied golan heights.eling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months, they feared a disaster, but they never imagined it would take away their children. at the football pitch where they all died, moments of silent reflection. efforts to comprehend the speed of this tragedy.

the golan heights? also the killing of israeli civilians as well. and so what the israeli military are saying is that this was a very targeted strike on specifically the hezbollah commander, who they hold responsible for the deaths of those 12 people from the druze community inside northern israel. at the weekend the indications from the israeli government and the authorities is that is that this is a specific, precise response to that. it doesn't necessarily indicate that this is the start of a broader campaign. paying to push hezbollah back from the border of northern israel in southern, in southern lebanon, it may become that but at the moment that's not what the israelis seem to be indicating. >> nothing, please standby. we want to go to retired general mark hertling for his response his view of these images, the first that we're getting of this idf attack in beirut, what stands out to you about this, this early video of the strike? >> yeah, a couple of things. first of all, you can tell that this was not and i know you're your listeners and you

thousands of people have gathered in the town of majdal shams, in the israeli—occupied golan heights,or the funerals of 12 young people killed by a rocket attack on saturday. the victims are from the druze arab community and were playing football at the time of the strike. israel has blamed hezbollah for the deaths and says it has struck a series of targets linked to the group deep inside lebanon. hezbollah had denied involvement in saturday's attack. us secretary of state antony blinken has warned against further military escalation. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in the israeli occupied golan heights at the site of saturday's attack. so this is where the explosion happened at about 6:30 last night here in majdal shams. you can see the crater where the rocket landed. it blew this fence right out. and you can see children's bicycles and scooters, all among the wreckage here. and also, if you look at the fence, you can see shrapnel holes. and over in the corner, there are little pools of blood that they've tried to clear up. and there's blood also spattered on the walls. th

the positions yesterday, including 2 attacks on his way to positions in the golan heights. uh, one of which is really very close to mr. sham. so it could be that the messiah did rumbly, hit the soccer field and must have chums. but it also could be that in his writing, in the section beside from the island on that hit, the town predominantly resided by our jews. and that's, that's a major reason why his beloved wouldn't want to target the. those community therefore is denying any responsibility for the talk. so that was the w baron, bureau chief mohammed, straight. and mohammed, thank you so much for your reporting. all right, for some more context on all of this, let's bring in marina me, ron. she is the post doctoral researcher in the worst of these department of kings college london and joins us now from cambridge. welcome marina. so we just heard it there has blog denying involvement. why do you think that is a good day? well, 1st of all, if we look at the dynamics, also conflict between israel and hospital are we have seen these tests with have attacks going on, but bo

it's for settlements, not in the west bank, but in the goal and height and next the golan heights, formerly of 1984, which it was condemned by the un security council and, and diplomatic negotiations. between israel and syria during the 1990s, these failed because ultimately israel was unprepared to accept a comprehensive withdrawal to the pre june of 1967 lines. and it has major intelligence installations there. and since october, 8th of last year, as part of what has mother calls that support front and support of the file city. and it has also been showing military installations and the gaza strip. i think there's another element here, as you know, the international court of justice recently ruled. israel's rule in the west bank and gaza strip, including east jerusalem to be unlawful, the legal and that it must. and immediately, although the golan heights was not part of that case, i think the, the determinations made by the i c. j, about the occupied palestinian territories applied just as clearly to the occupied syrian golan heights. what happens next? several, in launch pods. no doubt

golan heights shares a border with both jordan and lebanon, as fox's trey yingst reports, the attackilled 12 children on a soccer field. >> the region now bracing for the israeli response to that deadly rocket attack in the golan heights. earlier today, we spoke with one family who lost a little 11 year old girl. the cousin of 11 year old alma fakhr al-din, weeps as she clutches her photo. it's all that she has left of the young druze child, one of 12 people killed in saturday's hezbollah rocket attack at their family home. alma's father stands in her bright pink room. >> this was her schoolwork. >> this is a course. and, germany. >> eliminate hezbollah. that's it. that's what i want. i'm in fakhr al-din says. >> what do you remember about her most when she was alive? >> or when i had to collect the pieces of her? he responds with a population of just 11,000 people, the trauma of this attack affected every resident of majdal shams, a druze community in the golan heights that held a large funeral today for the dead. >> the grief that majdal shams is experiencing collectively right now

but the iran—backed group has denied responsibility for the golan heights attack.rs a serious escalation with hezbollah could dash hopes of a ceasefire in gaza. our correspondent quentin somerville sent this update from the scene of that beirut strike. israel's response came just before sunset — a drone attack, three strikes on a building in beirut�*s

now, remember, the golan heights is in the very north.t's right on the border with lebanon and syria. it was seized by israel in 1967, the 1967 war and then formally annexed in 1981. and that is still disputed by lebanon. and this attack appears to have been in the northern part of the golan heights, in majdal shams. now, among those who are killed, we understand, they are young people between the ages of ten and 20, as rockets are said to have fallen close to a football field and a playground. now hezbollah, with whom israeli forces have been constantly involved in a tit for tat strikes since the 7th of october attacks here in israel, hezbollah has actually denied being behind this strike. that is a comment from hezbollah to bbc arabic, but also to reuters, the reuters news agency. hezbollah officials say that they were not behind this rocket, but we wait to hear more on that, because the constant fear, of course, has been since the 7th of october attacks by hamas, that the situation in gaza could escalate into a much wider regionalwar,

heights. these really air forces, it struck hezbollah targets and lebanon overnight. it says the strikes were in retaliation for a rocket attack on a roof house that kills 12 children and teenagers. also coming up, if he declares 3 days of morning for the victim is that a must slide in the remote part of the country. week after the incidents stickers are continuing to search for the bodies of victims and after heavy rain. so the paris olympics opening ceremony the river stem is temporarily closed due to of bad water quality. that means initial training for try out the lease is canceled. the mariana evans, dean, welcome. fears are growing of an escalation and the finding along the israel 11 and border. that's following saturdays, definitely rock and strike on these really controlled goal and heights. at least 12 children and teenagers were killed and dozens more wounded after rockets hit a football field and an error of drew's community. israel is blaming has the law for the attack, but the wro

heights. these really air force is it struck has ballade targets and lebanon overnight. it says those strikes were and retaliation for a rocket attack and drew's community, the killed 12 children, and teenagers. also coming up if you, if he is observing 3 days of morning for the victims of a last slide in a remote part of the country. a week after the incident diggers continue to search for the bodies of victims. and after heavy rain soaks of paris olympics opening ceremony, the river ascent is temporarily closed due to bad water falling. and that means initial training for triad felicia is canceled. the a marion i haven't seen it's good to have you with us. few years are growing of an escalation and the finding along the is for 11 on border following saturdays, dudley rocket strike, a b is rarely controlled. go on heights. at least 12 children and teenagers were killed and dozens more wounded after rockets had a football field and an air of drew's can we dream? israel has blamed me, has the l

but the iran—backed group has denied responsibility for the golan heights attack.ears a serious escalation with hezbollah could dash hopes of a ceasefire in gaza. our correspondent quentin somerville sent this update from the scene of that beirut strike. israel's response came just before sunset —

paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights.one by one. a town reeling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months they feared a disaster, but they never imagined it would take away their children. at the football pitch where they all died, moments of silent reflection. efforts to comprehend the speed of this tragedy. a playground transformed in an instant into a place ofjagged metal, discarded belongings and in the corner the blood of the victims. we are told that a siren sounded just seconds before the rocket landed here and blew the fence right back. and look, just outside the pitch, metres away, there is a bomb shelter, but the children on the pitch, those watching, those on their bikes and scooters had no time to react. the mood changes as government officials arrive to pay their respects. there is real anger now, even from one man in uniform. they have been bombarding us for ten months, he shouts. "my children are crying every day." after thousands of hezbollah rockets since last o

paul adams reports from israeli—occupied golan heights.he streets of majdal shams, the coffins came one by one. a town reeling in shock, consumed by collective grief, terrified about what happens next. for months, they feared a disaster. but they never imagined it would take away their children. at the football pitch where they all died, moments of silent reflection. efforts to comprehend the speed of this tragedy. a playground, transformed in an instant into a place ofjagged metal, discarded belongings and, in the corner, the blood of the victims. we're told that a siren sounded just seconds before the rocket landed here, and blew the fence right back. and look, just outside the pitch, metres away, there's a bomb shelter. but the children, the children on the pitch, those watching, those on their bikes and scooters, they had no time to react. the mood changes as government officials arrive to pay their respects. there's real anger now, even from one man in uniform. "they've been bombarding us for ten months," he shouts. "my children are c

this attack appears to have been on the northern part of the golan heights in majdal shams.mong those killed we understand there are young people between the ages of ten and 20. rockets are said to have fallen close to a football field and playground. hezbollah with him is real have been involved in a tit—for—tat strikes since the october seven attacks in israel, hezbollah has denied being behind the strike. that is a comment from hezbollah to reuters and bbc arabic. they say they were not behind this rocket. the constant fear has been since the 7th of october by hamas that the situation in gaza could escalate into a much wider regional war, bringing in hezbollah from lebanon, backed by iran, that could escalate into a regional war. the fear is this attack which appears to be the deadliest attack in israel from across in lebanon since the 7th of october, could now spark something even more serious than we have seen since the 7th of october? we have seen some escalations, what makes this effectively have potentially more repercussions? it potentially more repercussions? it po

and a deadly attack in the golan heights. late details coming in. of firefighters battling in tough conditions across several counties, the park fire exploding in size, doubling overnight, now larger than los angeles. the towering flames threatening communities, jumping highways, thousands of residents under evacuation, including the town of paradise, devastated by the deadly campfire six years ago. our team on the fire lines. >>> breaking news overseas, a rocket striking a soccer field in the israeli-controlled golan heights were children were playing, civilians killed, the death toll expected to ris israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning hezbollah will pay a heavy price. matt rivers reporting from israel. >>> the race for the white house. former president donald trump and jd vance hit the trail amid the renewed focus on the ohio senator and what he reportedly said in private a few years ago about trump and conservative priorities. and the top contenders vying for the top spot on the ticket with vice president kamala harris. >>> growing

heights area town of mager shams, now 12 drew. kids were killed a football field. the zionist regime immediately blamed hezbolah for the attack and the resistance group said it was not responsible, and that is really anti-missile interceptors from the iron dome had misfired or gone off path, but what has happened since then is increased beating of the war drums by the regime. where is all of this going? we'll take a look at the possibilities on the spotlight. i'd like to welcome my guests to the program out of beirot, daniel yikich, author and researcher, thank you so much daniel for being uh with us. well, i mean, if we look at both sides, we can evaluate which one has a history of killing kids and which one does not, which one has a history of lying, and which one does not? i mean, your thoughts on this overall? absolutely, as you're saying, it is very clear, and what could... that that one side emerged as a response to the genocidal existence of the other, so what we see in the last days in the zianist entities political communication is very much a continuity of what they've been

heights. guland heights is a syrian occupation occupied land and israel have been just like they do in palestine from the river to the sea, their policies of racism and colonialism and the theft of the syrian people wealth in the gulan heights including majdal shams. "the second reason is because people of the region and including a large sector even from designist society itself believed the narrative and the story of hazball. hazballah in the past in have made you know you know have launched missiles that were hit some palestinian family and they apologized. and the palestinian family understood that these things could happen, and today we see the response of the people of majdal shams when they kicked the racist israeli. minster smotrige who uh were trying to utilize this incident in order to charge people against the lebanese resistance and against the palestinian people. since when israel cares about the people of syria or syrians being killed, never. i mean, we we we, you know, israel ha

he responded to the deaths in the golan heights by blocking the evacuation of 150 sick children in gaza who were scheduled to receive treatment in the united arab emirates. venezuela's national electoral council has declared president nicolas maduro the winner of sunday's election giving him a third term in office, but the opposition is rejecting the official results. according to the electoral council, early results show maduro received about 51% while opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez received 44%. this is maduro, speaking from caracas. >> in this new term you have given me, that you have given to yourselves, i swear, i will give my life to carry out all the changes and transformation our country needs to head for a destiny of prosperity. a destiny of growth, peace, social happiness, to rescue all the rights violated by the economic more anti-imperialist missiles. amy: a delegation said they found the election to be fair and transparent not venezuela opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez rejected the official results. >> what happened during today's poll when doing was a violation

and a deadly attack in the golan heights. late details coming in. >>> first, thousands of firefighters battling in tough conditions across several counties. the park fire doubling overnight, now larger than the sprawling city of los angeles. the towering flames threatening communities, jumping highways. thousands of residents under evacuation, including the town of paradise devastated by the deadly campfire six years ago. our team on the fire lines. >>> and breaking news overseas. a rocket striking a soccer field in the israeli-controlled golan heights where children were playing, civilians killed, the death toll expected to rise. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning hezbollah will pay a heavy price. matt rivers reporting from israel. >>> the race for the white house. former president trump and running mate jd vance hit the trail amid the new focus on the ohio senator and what he reportedly said in private a few years ago about trump and conservative priorities. and the top contenders vying for a spot on the tic

heights. fate of the targeted commander, who's been named as fuad shukr, is not yet clear — although israel claims he's been killed. he's been a top hezbollah military leader for many years. this report from the bbc�*s quentin sommerville. israel's response came just before sunset — a drone attack, three strikes on a building in beirut�*s southern suburb of dahiyeh. explosions could be heard across the city, an attack that lebanon has been bracing itself against the days. the target, a hezbollah commander israel blames for the attack on majdal shams, in the occupied golan heights. emergency services here are still working to rescue the injured — at least one woman died and dozens have been left wounded. it's not known if the commander was killed. this is the building that was struck by an israeli drone, we believe, three rockets hit the building — as you can see, this is a heavily built—up civilian area, but israel says it had a hezbollah commander it holds responsible for the attack on its si