Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it would respond to the “mass killing” of youth and children in a Druze village on Saturday, blaming Tehran for the attack.
“The missile that killed our boys and girls was an Iranian missile, and Hezbollah is the only terrorist organization that has such missiles in its arsenal,” said Oren Marmorstein, spokesman for the ministry.
“Israel will exercise its right and duty to act in self-defense and will respond to the carnage… The world must now place full responsibility on Iran and its terrorist allies: Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis.”
“The only way the world can avoid a large-scale war, which would also be devastating for Lebanon, is to force Hezbollah to implement Security Council Resolution 1701.”
The resolution calls on Hezbollah to withdraw beyond the Litani River, some 30 kilometers from the Israel-Lebanon border.
“Now is the very last moment to do this diplomatically,” Marmorstein warned.
