'We're facing all-out war'

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price for this attack, one that it has not paid so far,” his office said after a rocket strike on a football field killed at least 11 children and teenagers.

It is the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country’s northern border since the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah erupted, and risked unleashing a broader regional war.

Israel blamed the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for the strike in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, but Hezbollah rushed to deny any role.

The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, called it the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since the Hamas attack on October 7 that sparked the war in Gaza. He said 20 others were wounded.