The Israeli Air Force struck a number of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight after a deadly rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which Israel said was carried out by Iranian-backed militias.
The targets included weapons depots and combat infrastructure, the Israeli military reported Sunday via Telegram, and video footage was also released purportedly showing the strikes overnight.
It was not possible to independently verify the claims.
At least 12 children and young people were killed in a rocket attack on a football field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on Saturday.
Israel blamed Hezbollah for the attack and vowed revenge, while the Shiite militia denied any involvement in the attack.
UN officials have urged both sides to “exercise maximum restraint” as fears grow that the attack could trigger an all-out war in the region.
Israel and Hamas-affiliated Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost daily since the war in Gaza began on October 7 last year.
The intensity of these clashes in northern Israel and southern Lebanon has increased significantly recently, with deaths on both sides, raising fears that the conflict could spread further into the region.
Israel captured the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau of strategic importance, in 1967 and annexed the area in 1981. Under international law, however, the area is considered Syrian territory occupied by Israel.
More than 50,000 people live in the area, just over half of whom are Jewish Israelis, along with Druze and a small Alawite minority.
Majdal Shams, the town that was attacked, is mainly inhabited by Druze, an Arabic-speaking religious community.
