In a statement from the country’s ambulance service, a senior paramedic said his team had witnessed “gruesome” scenes on the grass. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was conducting a situational assessment with the military, his office said.
“We will prepare for a response against Hezbollah,” IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a news briefing. “We will finish our assessments and we will act.”
In a swiftly issued statement, Hezbollah denied any connection to the attack, saying it “categorically denies all false claims in this regard.”….
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Now he will return to see what impact — if any — his headline-grabbing swing will have on his many battles back home, with angry voters, rebellious governing partners and frustrated military leaders.
It will take time, and polling, to tell. But political, diplomatic and security experts here say the results are likely to be mixed, boosting Netanyahu with his base while not significantly shifting his overall public standing. The trip also ramped up pressure on Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal as talks reach a critical point, something he was pushed on by everyone from hostage parents to Biden to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Domestic politics
The events in Washington and Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach resort, probably achieved what may have been Netanyahu’s main priority: reminding his core supporters that he can command the attention of presidents and the world….
Jul 27, 2024 – ISW Press
The IDF assessed that Lebanese Hezbollah conducted a rocket attack that killed at least ten Israeli children and “youths” and wounded 30 other Israeli civilians in Majdal Shams, northern Israel, on July 27. The IDF assessed that Hezbollah conducted the attack using at least 40 projectiles in three separate barrages. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the attack. The rockets struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams, which is a Druze village in northern Israel. Israeli media reported that many the wounded civilians are children. Israeli media reported that this attack caused the most civilian casualties in northern Israel since October 2023.