golan heights, two-thirds of golan _ druze people.irds of golan heights l druze people. golan heights, i two-thirds of golan heights was two—thirds of golan heights was started by israel in 1967, and there are 40,000 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 thos

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

situation in the golan these days is love. according to the report of the lebanese hezbollah regime's channel 12, yesterday, more than 40 rockets were fired into the golan in the lands of sarz to the north. lands the occupation fired shots that caused a fire in a large area of ​​this area . two zionist soldiers were also killed in hezbollah's missile attack on the headquarters of the 21st golan division. the artillery of the zionist regime bombed seven different areas in southern lebanon, including to the south. khayyam has had attacks, you can now see the smoke and fire caused by the forbidden phosphorus bombs hit by the zionist military in the khian area in southern lebanon. during this attack by the zionist military, five residential houses on the southern side of khayyam were burnt. hezbollah responded to these attacks. in the last 48 hours, the zionist forces have carried out 12 operations against the materials and gatherings of the zionist forces in the northern region of the occupied territories. in the most important a

growing of a wide or middle east conflict after israel accuses has the law of a deadly attack on the golan heights. these really air force says it struck hezbollah targets in lab and on overnight, it says those trunks were in retaliation for a rocket attack on a roof town that killed 12 children, and teenagers. also command iran supreme leader endorses the country's new president and the public ceremony must suit possess can essentially be officially sworn in next week and after a heavy rain. so for paris olympics opening ceremony, the river sun is temporarily closed due to bad water quality. and that means the initial training for trying out the last is canceled the mariana evans, dean, welcome. fears are growing of an escalation and the finding along the israel 11 and border following saturday is deadly rocket strike on these really controlled goal and heights. at least 12 children and teenagers were killed and dozens wounded of the incident. after rockets hit a football field in an air of drew's community, israel is blaming has the law for the attack, but the wrong back militant group d

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

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

zionist media sources reported the attack on majdal al-shams in the occupied golan and killed at least 10 people. some media reported that the iron dome missile system was hit announcing the cause of this explosion, but a selection of images. tanadi or the arabs of this country, this al-qahr, this is the al-qahr, this al-qahr, this is al-qahrakm, or fatdeera labik , or ansar labik, or ansar labik, or arahmana in palestine, the height of the habit of power. and the arabs are in the mazes of al-shaqawad or khazin or asfin or gaza. we are asfin or gaza. we believe that you are not alone. we stand by you and condemn this occupation. we are here today to convey this message to our enemies. the day will come when we will all fight for palestine . let's go to the world's first case. today, the former us intelligence officer says that netanyahu , as the agent of genocide and a zionist war criminal, was invited to speak in the us congress at the behest and order of the zionist lobby. american government has taken place. a large part of the american society also protests the presence of the geno

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

in the occupied golan, the resistance of the palestinian nation is the resistance of the lebanese and other sides of the resistance front. the second goal is to escape from the political bombast that the continuous war in the gaza strip has created without realizing the goals for israel. denkohn, an american journalist in space majdal shams area belongs to syria and is occupied by israel. therefore, there is zero probability that hezbollah will attack people loyal to its close ally. sun lahni broadcasting news yes , i am now talking with my colleague based at the border between lebanon and occupied palestine. mr. azimzadeh , i greet you. please tell us the latest news about the developments on the borders of lebanon and occupied palestine. hello, dear viewers. have a good time from this morning until now from around 7 o'clock. until now, there has been no special movement in the border strip between lebanon and occupied palestine, except for patrolling the zionist regime's fighters are flying over the northern areas of the occupied territories and the border strip has not been seen be

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

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this town is in the occupied syrian golan since 1967. this has linked to the death of 12 syrian children and injured many syrian civilians. the occupying authorities tried to shirk responsibility for this aggression, this abject aggression, ascribe it to the national resistance of lebanon to try to cover the crime. syria rejects all of these lies contained in the letter sent by what is called the minister of foreign affairs to the president of the general assembly and you went secretary of general 29 july. syria reiterates the fact that the occupied syrian arab: has always been syrian -- golan has always been syrian territory. this affirmed by all relevant u.n. solutions, including 497 from 1981. syria would reiterate the fact that our fellow citizens in the occupied syrian golan are syrian citizens who have always been an integral part of the syrian population. they are deeply attached to their belonging, their homeland of syria, they reject israeli occupation and call for an end to it and for the israeli criminal practices against them

division in nefeh barracks in the occupied syrian golan with dozens of katyusha grad missiles. zionist regime media reported that two soldiers were killed and another soldier was wounded current. hassan azimzadeh admitted this offensive operation of hizbullah, sed and sima news agency, dasht khayyam border of lebanon with occupied palestine, usa and its allies give 5 more missile systems to ukraine. the united states, the netherlands, germany, italy, and romania announced in a statement that they will deliver four patriot systems and one sam pitti system to ukraine. according to this statement. these countries will provide dozens of tactical air defense systems to ukraine in the coming months. ukrainian supporters have pledged more than one billion dollars to help ukraine's air defense system. boss the president of the united states emphasized the support of ukraine at the meeting of the nato member states in washington and said that a global coalition should be formed to support kiev. according to baid, this waste so far includes weapons such as tanks, anti-particle warfare ve

but saturday's attack on the golan on civilians has pushed lebanon and israel to the brink.ve been working to contain things. how hezbollah responds to tonight's assassination attempt, and what israel does next, will determine whether war here is inevitable. quentin somerville, bbc news, beirut. daniel hagari, a spokesman for the israeli defence forces, said the strike was in direct retaliation to saturday's attack in the golan heights. the idf carried out a targeted strike in beirut on fuad shukr — also known as said mohsen — hezbollah's most senior military commander, and the head of its strategic unit. while we prefer to resolve hostilities without a wider war, _ hostilities without a wider war. the _ hostilities without a wider war, the idf is fully prepared for any— war, the idf is fully prepared for any scenario. i have been speaking to middle east security expert behnam ben taleblu, in washington dc, and asked him whether he thought this was the start of something more concerning. well, it's a pleasure to be with you. there is a great potential — there's a great chanc

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

let me remind all the public opinion watching us tonight that israel occupies the golan heights.nd annexation of golan heights according to international law and to the united nations is legal. so it is in no position to impose any "protection" protection to the citizens. this takes us to a different dimension of the conflict. i think it is not in the interest of any of the parties now to any of the parties in particular to widen the scope of the war, be it insult lebanon or elsewhere, despite the fact the international community is aware now that stopping the war in south lebanon is connected to a cease fire in gaza, along long—awaited cease—fire for that we have reached 80,000 hectors there and the death toll is growing by the minute, by the hour. —— a0 matthaus and hectors. to all the scenery which we're all aware of in gaza. we have been watching is in sync play out since those attacks on october seven. you mentioned how it's connected and until there is a cease—fire put into place in gaza these escalations with lebanon will continue. how far away from a cease—fire do you thi

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

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

the target that had been hit in the golan was a druze community. that's not israeli. these were not israeli citizens. they had citizenship cards, but not citizenship so they had identity card and so there had to be some sort of military response. the target seems to have been very carefully chosen. now, there are a lot of names that can be similar, but supposedly the target hit was flawed sugar, and there is a flawed shook are listed in the u.s. state department rewards for justice program with bounty on his head of $5 he's listed as his villa is highest adviser to hassan nasrallah so this could be a target that was chosen very carefully, knowing that how can the white house criticize hitting someone that is high on their terrorist wanted list jim, i know it might be hard to speculate but as far as the response from hezbollah, what can we expect to see? >> listen, i mean, they've got an enormous arsenal of rockets and missiles, which they can target northern israel as they have for months going back to just in the days after the october 7 attack and the israeli respon

the news, live from berlin. israel strikes lebanon's, capital and retaliation for an attack on the golan 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 afte

division in nafeh barracks, the headquarters of the artillery division of the 21st golan division indan barracks , with its anti-aircraft guns . the command of the 91st division in the ilit barracks , the headquarters of the haft armored brigade in the katsaviya barracks, the command headquarters of the northern region of the zionist regime in dado barracks , the information base of the northern region of the zionist regime in hermon, in ma'ali golan barracks, which you can now see the smoke from the drone strike. at the end of hezbollah , look at ma'ali golan base behind the heights of the occupied kufrshu hills , the permanent headquarters of the 146th division in ilanya, the headquarters of the golani brigade in golani and the iqouz unit in shraga barracks nearby. the city of acre at a distance of 25 kilometers to the northwest of the occupied territories was targeted . during this heavy offensive operation by hezbollah , the siren of danger can be heard almost in all the military and zionist settlements in the northern region of the occupied territories, including in the towns of

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

division in the jordanian garrison, again in the occupied syrian golan.s morning, hezbollah again targeted an artillery unit of the regime army. a zionist from the 146th division of this regime targeted in the south of kabri military settlement, at a depth of approximately 7 kilometers northwest of the occupied territories in the west galilee region . during this offensive operation, hezbollah announced zionist regime media, one zionist soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured about a thousand meters away from us, the effects of the fire, which are related to the 155 mm bullets and phosphorous of the zionist soldiers hitting the plant cover in habarieh and fardis area in the southeast of lebanon. you can see , of course, this fire was from the previous day as a result of an attack by the zionist army artillery unit from the yaourah region and also the golan barracks in the occupied golan , which hezbollah targeted with katyusha grad missiles and also with its own uavs , a building that military gathering place hezbollah also targeted zionists in t

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

hezbollah images. published from the positions of the zionist army in the occupied syrian golan. we will accompany the colleague located on the border of lebanon with occupied palestine. hello mr. azimzadeh. tell us and the viewers more details about this news. mr. sadeghi, dear viewers. hello, good evening. hezb reconnaissance drone. this is the second time that the pictures have been published by hizballah's military statement . previously, on june 29th, hezbollah published pictures of sensitive military centers and vital centers in the second largest city of the occupied territories and the strategic port of haifa. he carefully published the city of haifa , as well as the port and equipment. military destroyers in the port of haifa newspaper as well as the base the zionist regime's media and networks criticized the zionist regime's army for how the hezbollah reconnaissance drone was able to infiltrate that area so easily, take pictures and then return to southern lebanon. having said that was a human error. which may have happened and hezbollah will not be able to do this regu

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

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,

against the hezbollah group in lebanon, after a rocket hit a football pitch in the israeli—occupied golaneights, killing 12 young people. the rocket struck a druze arab town close to the border with lebanon. the israeli defence minister blamed hezbollah but the group has denied any involvement. today funerals have been taking place in the town of majdal shams. barbara plett usher sent this report impossible to count the losses when they are measured in the lives of your children. villagers gathered in their thousands to mourn their unspeakable tragedy. this druze arab minority stayed in the occupied golan heights after israel captured it from syria — now part 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 th

the area of golan heights that was hit, it hit a village and there are a number of villages in golants. it was taken from syria during the 1967 war, occupied by israel, annexed in 1981. at that time the arabs who were syrians refused to accept an israeli offer of citizenship, so in fact they are not israeli citizens. this is one factor i think that would alarm hezbollah if they felt they were being accused of something like this. this is the context for the golan heights. also 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,

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

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

many in the media are not saying that the golan is syrian territory annexed by israel.s of different dimensions to this situation that are fascinating. the last thing, the israelis, the defense minister with the usual bravado, saying we will hit them hard, they will learn a lesson, etc. this is standard operating procedure for israelis that rely on the military strength more than political engagement, or trying to dispense justice to all sides. militarism is not a solution, it's a part of the problem. the israelis will not make a big attack on lebanon because they are worried hezbollah can hurt them really badly given their technological prowess, determination, which is far greater than anything israel has experienced. amy: axios reports that hezbollah officials have told that you and that the deaths were caused by an israeli interceptor projectile. aren't there also a lebanon-israel peace deal negotiated, and then you have these israel-palestine negotiations going on in rome. how will this affect them, do you think this could lead to a wider regional war? >> i still do

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

hassan nasrallah we know that the golan is as important to him as south lebanon. we are children of resistance and ready to be sacrificed for resistance. which is a proof of their arabness and patriotism , they do not allow them to fall into the trap of a conspiracy that a war criminal has hidden. the war criminal, who has failed in the political arena and in the field , acted very badly in directing this crime. to review the latest developments in the region after the majdal shams incident , we are hosting mr. hossein ajolo, an expert on west asian issues. mr. ajolo , we have more reactions to the majdal shams incident. anyway, it was unclear in the first days. now , what is your analysis about this? well, first of all, i would like to express my condolences at the beginning of my condolences. he passed away. i offer my condolences to the senior analyst of resistance-oriented issues, general amin hittet, a lebanese analyst who really passed away a few hours ago. this mr. hatid was a special person for us, in this program of jahan today, i think two or three month

we're “oined by our correspondent h golan heights.ined 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 hostilities. and may decide that they have no other o

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.

designist regime is responsible for this for many reasons. one, israel is the occupying. power in golan 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,

they are in conflict with lebanon, they are in conflict with the golan border from yemen they are being targeted from iraq. they are being targeted. the situation of the zionist society is not at all a positive and stable situation to be able to fight a big war with hezbollah, which is the power of the region. therefore, they are trying to keep the war and that level of tension here and see it as finished, but hezbollah has shown that it will not allow the security equation to change in any way , that is, at the same level as the zionist attack, for sure. they will get an answer. i remember seyyed hassan nasrallah said about 10 years ago, if i hit beirut, that means we if. zahiya and beirut let's call talavib and even now, i think that if the same thing happens, hezbollah will show a serious reaction, because the martyrdom of lebanese citizens was not such that there were no casualties. alhamdulillah, he is safe, but in any case, lebanese citizens will be harmed, and hezbollah will certainly react accordingly, and since the zionists do not have the ability to wage a full-scale war, i be

hezbollah denied any connection with the explosion in the town of majdal al-shams in the occupied golan. hezbollah emphasized that the islamic resistance of lebanon is nothing it has nothing to do with this explosion and categorically denies all false claims. zionist media reported the attack on majdal al-shams in the occupied golan and killed at least 10 people. some media announced the hit of gondab ahan system missile as the cause of this explosion. but let's see a selection of pictures of international support for palestine. qaidi, continuous popular correction , continuous popular correction . in the dungeons of al-shaghaut or khazahna sfin or khazahna sfin or khenza ahna asfin, we are besieged by bows, we are besieged by bows despite our existence. al-manadin, despite our presence in al-manadin, our message to our brothers is that you are not alone , we stand by you and condemn this occupation . we are here today to deliver this message to our enemies. the day will come when we will all fight for palestine. al-afrad from al-masjid , we do not ask for efrat from al-masat. let's go

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

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

growing of a wide or middle east conflict after israel accuses has the law of a deadly attack on the golan 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, bu