With the attack on Majdal Shams, “all red and black lines have been crossed” – Libération

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The war between Hamas and IsraelfileAfter the strike on a football field in a Druze village that killed 12 people and injured nearly 20 others, this Saturday, July 27, Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hezbollah and promises that he will pay a price never before paid.

They were playing football, like on a Saturday, the end of a summer holiday weekend. Dozens of kids, teenagers and young adults were passing the ball to each other or trying to snatch a corner from the opposing team’s friends when the alarm sounded. No time to take cover, it was instantly that a rocket packed with explosives hit them in the middle of a friendly match. The result: 12 dead, 19 injured, six of whom are in serious condition. All aged between 10 and 20, according to the Israeli army.

Images of the carnage in Majdal Shams, a predominantly Druze town in the annexed Golan Heights in northern Israel, bordering Syria, began pouring into social media just after 6:30 p.m. A man in tears pleads: “No! No, no, no!” Many of the videos are too gruesome to be broadcast on television. Newsrooms are appealing for witnesses to the tragedy, such as Ayman, who was driving near the grass and yellow slides when the attack took place, which the Israeli military says Hezbollah is responsible for. Visibly shocked, he doesn’t finish