Israel says it hit around 10 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killed one fighter
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Israeli Army strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, escalating tensions after rocket attack kills 12 children in Golan Heights.
The Israeli Army said on July 30 it had struck around 10 Hezbollah targets overnight in seven different areas of south Lebanon, killing one fighter from the Iran-backed militant group.
The Army also "struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, terror infrastructure sites, military structures and a launcher in southern Lebanon", the Army said.
The strikes came after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a Druze Arab town in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Saturday and killed 12 children aged between 10 and 16.
The Druze, who follow an offshoot of Shiite Islam, are an Arabic-speaking community present in Israel, Lebanon and Syria, including the Golan.
On a visit to Majdal Shams on July 29, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would deliver a "severe response" to the strike.
Israel says the rocket that killed the children was an Iranian-made Falaq and was fired by its ally Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for firing the rocket though it clamed multiple launches towards Israel on July 27.
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