UN officials urge ‘maximum restraint’ on Lebanon-Israeli front

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An Israeli ambulance returns from Majdal Shams after rockets were launched across Lebanon's border with Israel which, according to Israel's ambulance services critically injured multiple people at a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27 2024. (REUTERS)
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  • Israel blamed the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and vowed to retaliate but Hezbollah denied responsibility

CAIRO: The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon and the head of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged maximum restraint on the Lebanese-Israeli border early on Sunday, after a deadly attack in the area caused tensions to spiral.
A rocket attack on a football ground in a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people, including children, on Saturday.
Israel blamed the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and vowed to retaliate but Hezbollah denied responsibility.

 

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