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Lebanon’s foreign minister has condemned a rocket attack on a football field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights \u2013 but said it does not give Israel a \u201clicence to kill\u201d.<\/p>\n

Israel and the US have blamed Hezbollah, but the Iranian-backed group has denied it was responsible for the strike<\/a><\/strong> which killed 12 children and teenagers<\/strong><\/a> and left 20 others wounded.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said the rocket fired from Lebanon that slammed into a football field in the town of Majdal Shams – about seven miles south of Lebanon and next to the Syrian border – on Saturday was the deadliest attack on civilians since the Hamas<\/strong><\/a>‘ attack on 7 October.<\/p>\n

Middle East latest: Hezbollah says it has attacked kibbutz in northern Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky News’ Alex Crawford, Lebanon’s foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib called for a UN investigation but said there was “no logic” for Hezbollah to have been behind it.<\/p>\n

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“Whatever happened, we as a government condemn the killing of civilians – whoever they are, wherever they are, in the Middle East or all over the world,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So we condemn this incident that happened, because it was against civilians and against young men who were playing football or something like that.<\/p>\n

“Second thing, we condemn whoever did it – be it somebody Lebanese or Israeli.”<\/p>\n

He said the area is Syrian territory occupied by Israel and its inhabitants are Syrian, so retaliation “is not self defence”.<\/p>\n

“And therefore it doesn’t mean give them a licence to kill and destroy like they took in Gaza,” he said. “The world should not give them a licence to kill.”<\/p>\n

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The attack hit the village of Majdal Shams, part of the Druze community, a faith which makes up more than half the 40,000-strong population of the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n

The territory was captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move not recognised by most countries.<\/p>\n

Attacks along the Israel-Lebanon border have simmered below the threshold of all-out war since the start of the Israel-Gaza war 10 months ago.<\/p>\n

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But the toll and young victims in Saturday’s attack could push Israel to respond more severely and has raised fears of a broader regional war between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Overnight, the Israeli military said it struck a number of targets<\/strong><\/a> inside Lebanon, though their intensity was similar to months of cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed group.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah said it also carried out strikes but there were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hurried home from the US after the strike and warned Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price for this attack, one that it has not paid so far”.<\/p>\n

US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Sunday that “every indication” showed the rocket came from Hezbollah. He said Israel had a right to defend itself but the US did not want the conflict to escalate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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