A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.
Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday.
The school was located in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah, where many Palestinians have fled following evacuation orders the Israeli military has issued for regions farther south in Gaza.Blood was everywhere in the minutes that followed the strike, with pieces of flesh visible on the stairs and handicapped residents trying to flee, according to NPR reporter Anas Baba, who witnessed the immediate aftermath.
Earlier Saturday, Israel had issued fresh evacuation orders in southern Gaza, including neighborhoods in Khan Younis and Rafah, as the Israeli military said it was preparing to respond to rocket fire into Israel perpetrated by Hamas. Israel says Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Lebanese militia, launched around 40 rockets from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel Saturday, with the most of them intercepted and shot down.
The incident has prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was briefed on the situation while in Washington, D.C., to return to Israel from the U.S. earlier than planned. He will convene a cabinet meeting of his top political allies and security officials upon his return. After months of skirmishes, alongside artillery, airstrikes and rocket attacks that have been traded back and forth across Israel's border with Lebanon, many analysts and regional leaders have expressedAnd this incident marks by far the highest number of civilian casualties since the simmering conflict started back in October.
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