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July 30, 2024

Israel's Netanyahu Blames Hezbollah for Golan Heights Blast, Pledges "Harsh" Response
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened a "harsh"
response after blaming the Lebanese-based Hezbollah movement for
Saturday's rocket attack that killed 12 Druze children and teenagers at
a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Netanyahu's threat
came as he visited the site of the explosion in the town of Majdal Shams
in a part of Syria occupied by Israel since 1967. Hezbollah has denied
involvement in the attack. As Netanyahu spoke, a crowd of Druze
protesters gathered chanting "Bibi is a murderer!" and holding up signs
calling the Israeli leader a war criminal.

Fahed Safad: "He is an unwelcome person in our place. He is a liar and
corrupt. He is coming to use the bodies of our children to be on TV. We
will not allow this to happen."



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