Following yesterday's deadly rocket strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Lebanese pro-Iranian movement “Hezbollah” expects a possible "raw" counterattack from Israel, reported DPA, quoted by BTA.
„We have been on alert for months and are on alert for any attack from the enemy,” Hezbollah sources said. in front of DPA.
„This is nothing new, we are constantly ready”. Now “Hezbollah” expects a potentially "brutal attack", the message said.
Eleven children and youths were killed when a rocket, which Israel says was fired by “Hezbollah”, hit a soccer field in the Golan Heights yesterday.
„Hezbollah“ however, said in a statement that it had nothing to do with the attack.
Lebanese media reported that this militia has evacuated around 100 of its posts in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which are a stronghold of the movement.
In addition to almost daily shelling along the southern border and targets deeper in Lebanon, the Israeli army also killed Hezbollah commanders in several strikes.
In recent months “Hezbollah“ and the Israeli army are engaged in the heaviest fighting since the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
Further escalation of the fighting into a full-scale war would have unpredictable consequences for the region, with pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, Syria and Yemen also likely to expand their attacks on Israel and its most important ally – USA, DPA notes.
The Lebanese government said it condemned "all acts of violence and attacks against all civilians" after a rocket attack killed 11 people in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, DPA reported.< /p>
„Targeting civilians is a gross violation of international law and goes against the principles of humanity,” said a government statement, according to the Lebanese state news agency NNA.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said it was in contact with the parties to try to reduce tensions.
The Israeli army accuses the Iran-backed militia “Hezbollah” in southern Lebanon for the wave of rocket fire.
According to the Israeli military, a rocket hit the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.