MAGDALA, Israel — Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, said Saturday that Israel faces “all-out war” after a rocket fired by Hezbollah at the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams killed at least twelve people, including children, on Saturday evening.
Children from ages ten to twelve were playing a soccer game when the rocket hit the field. According to an eyewitness interviewed by Israel’s Channel 13, a warning siren only sounded as the impact happened.
The Times of Israel reported initially that at least six people were killed, and 30 wounded, by the rocket attack. Israel’s channel 12 reported that nine had been killed. The number continued to climb throughout the night.