The Israeli army has confirmed having bombed Beirut in an operation directed against the “commander responsible for the murder of children in Majdal Shams”, in reference to the attack attributed to Hezbollah on Saturday in that Druze city in the Golan Heightsin which 12 minors died. He also claimed that they had killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, “the highest-ranking military leader” of the Lebanese Shiite group, but they deny this.

The truth is that in the attack, At least one woman has died and 68 people have been injured, some of them in critical condition. The attack was launched on Dahye, an important stronghold of the Shiite group. The Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported one dead woman and an undetermined number of wounded who were transferred to three hospitals in the Lebanese capital, while a source close to Hezbollah confirmed to EFE that at least 68 people were injured.

A Lebanese security source who requested anonymity confirmed to Efe that an explosion shook the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahye, an important bastion of Hezbollah, while another close to the Shiite group said that the target was a residential building.or there are changes in the directives of the central command,” “An Israeli military statement on the attack in Beirut said it was directed at a Hezbollah commander, whose identity has not been revealed, who is also responsible for having “killed many Israeli civilians.”

Israel has promised respond “harshly”“This attack was caused by the impact of a rocket loaded with 50 kilos of explosives – of Iranian manufacture and which only appears in Hezbollah’s arsenal, according to Israel. The rocket hit a football field where children and teenagers were playing, killing twelve, all between 10 and 16 years old. Another 16 minors injured in that attack remain hospitalized, seven of them in serious condition.

“The answer will come soon and it will be harsh”

“The response will come soon and it will be harsh,” Netanyahu warned on Monday, during a visit to Majdal Shams, a Druze city in the Golan Heights occupied by Israel since 1967, after the security cabinet gave him the green light to decide the form and timing of the retaliation against Hezbollah. The Prime Minister’s Office released a photo of Netanyahu, meeting with the military leadership and his security adviser, Tzagi Hanegbi, in which he is seen taking a phone call, but without providing any further information.

“Hezbollah crossed a red line“Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X on Saturday minutes after the attack. The exchange of fire between the parties, which has been incessant since October, has not stopped these days either, awaiting the retaliation announced by Israel since Saturday. This morning, Israel attacked ten Hezbollah targets in various regions of Lebanon, killing another fighter from the group; while the Shiite militia launched several volleys of rockets towards the north, killing an Israeli civilian.

Concern among the international community

The international community, especially the United States, is mediating so that the response is contained and does not lead to an open war on the border between Israel and Lebanon, which is experiencing its highest peak of tension since 2006, when the Israeli Army and Hezbollah fought a war.

The border between Israel and Lebanon has been experiencing an exchange of fire since October, which has claimed the lives of more than 560 peoplemost of them on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which has confirmed some 355 casualties, some in Syria; in addition to a hundred civilians. In Israel, 46 people have died in the north: 22 soldiers (5 in operational accidents) and 25 civilians, including the 12 children and teenagers in the attack on Majdal Shams and another today.

Israel claims that since October 8, Hezbollah has launched more than 6,400 rockets into Israeli territory and 340 explosive drones “in solidarity with Palestinian militants in Gaza,” while the Israeli army has responded to these attacks with intense bombardment.