We Wa Nt we want to take you live to the scene of that incident in Golan Heights. There is the scene, where the israeli Defence Minister is visiting. As we say, 12 people, aged between ten and 20, were killed in the arab area when the Football Pitch was hit. As we heard, the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is cutting short his visit to the united states in the wake of that deadly Rocket Attack. He has warned that hezbollah will pay a heavy price and it has denied any involvement. You can see where that incident happened. Our correspondent in jerusalem, mark lowen, has been monitoring events and sent us this report. Sirens. Early evening in the israeli occupied Golan Heights, and the warning of an incoming threat about to become deadly and dangerous. A rocket struck a Football Field where children and teenagers were playing. Several were killed in the deadliest strike since the Cross Border Fire between Lebanon And Israel began last october. The anguish of Loved Ones at youn
Israeli missiles hit the Khadija School Compound in Deir Al Balah In Central Gaza, which had been housing palestinians whod 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, the Israeli Army ordered an evacuation of southern parts of Khan Younis, previously designated a humanitarian zone. This is a map of where palestinians have been ordered to move. The military says the evacuation was in response to rocket fire. Lets speak to our Correspondent Mark Lowen injerusalem. Lets start with what we are hearing from Deir Al Balah and that strike on the school, what more can you tell us . ,. , , tell us . These were israeli missiles that fell on tell us . These were israeli missiles that fell on that tell us . These were israeli missiles that fell on that school tell us . The
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, bringing in hezbollah fr
There in dire conditions. This family know that their lives will never be the same again. They have been displaced from jabalia in the north, and their grandmother works hard to create a sense of normality for the children. But living in such squalor means the kitchen and the toilet are in the same room. Although the sanitation challenges inside are not their biggest problem, due to desperation and a lack of available space, they have been forced to set up their tent next to a sewage canal. Sewage that the World Health Organization has identified as containing the highly infectious type two poliovirus. Here in deir al balah, the stench has been hard to bear. Enduring life in tents made of plastic sheets amid soaring temperatures has taken its toll. Translation there is nothing to protect us i from insects and the diseases they cause, including allergies to the children and diarrhoea. All night we tried to get rid of them and they are so big they keep coming back. What can we do . We ke
This attack shows the true face of hezbollah, a terrorist organisation, that targets and murders children playing soccer on a saturday evening. We will act to restore full security on our northern border for all the citizens of the state of israel. Our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher is injerusalem. Heres her assessment of israels claims that hezbollah is behind the attack. They have said their assessments, intelligence and observations are that it was a lebanese hezbollah attack, they were asked whether it could have been somebody else, an armed group from syria, and had been quite categorical in saying that it is hezbollah. The israelis carried out Air Strikes in lebanon earlier in the day and killed four militants. In response to that hezbollah did Fire A Barrage of rockets and claimed responsibility for striking several targets, including one that is geographically in this area. Then when it became clear what had happened, categorically denied any of its rockets had hit majdal sh