Netanyahu returns home early from US after rocket strike kills 10 young Israelis
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Netanyahu returns home early from US after rocket strike kills 10 young Israelis

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making an early return home from the US following a deadly missile attack that killed 10 young Israeli citizens and injured more than 20 others. A rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, was described by officials as “the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7th.” The strike, the largest on an Israeli target since the Gaza war erupted in October, raised fears of a broader conflagration in the region. open image in gallery Israeli police officers and firefighters work at the site of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights Hezbollah said in a statement that its militants firing Katyusha rockets at an Israeli army post in the Golan Heights was in response to Israeli airstrikes on villages in south Lebanon. The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday that according to intelligence in its possession, “the rocket launch toward Majdal Shams was carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist organization.” open image in gallery Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds “The Hezbollah terrorist organization is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field in Majdal Shams which caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, earlier this evening,” the statement said.

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