Israeli military has struck Hezbollah targets “deep inside” Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon.
It follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning that Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price” for an attack on a football pitch in the Golan Heights which killed 11 children and teenagers.
Israel blamed Hezbollah for the strike in the Israeli-controlled region, but Hezbollah rushed to deny any role – something it seldom does.
Mr Netanyahu, who cut short his trip to the US by several hours upon receiving news of the attack, said the Iran-backed militant group would be paying a price for the rocket attack it “has not paid so far”.
Foreign minister Israel Katz had earlier told Israeli Channel 12 that Hezbollah “has crossed all the red lines here”, before adding: “We are nearing the moment in which we face an all-out war.”
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