Israeli foreign minister denounces attacks by Hezbollah as more soldiers killed
Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with his host Hungary's Foreign Minister at the Foreign Office in Budapest, Hungary, on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has strongly condemned the recent deadly strikes by Hezbollah, which killed two people and wounded others in a rocket barrage targeting northern Israel.
Katz explained that Hezbollah’s attack on Majd al-Krum, a Muslim town near Karmiel, demonstrates the group’s ruthless disregard for human life, regardless of faith or background.
“Hezbollah’s attack today on Majd al-Krum, a Muslim town near Karmiel, again proves that Iran’s proxies kill Jews, Christians, Muslim Arabs, Bedouins, Druze, and anyone different from them,” Katz wrote on the social platform X.
Hezbollah’s actions are part of a broader conflict that began on October 8, 2023, when the group launched rockets into Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
The escalation followed Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel the previous day. The situation has since spiralled into regular cross-border exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel, affecting northern Israel, southern Lebanon, and the Golan Heights.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah says it killed and wounded more Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Odaisseh.
“At 5:20pm on Friday [14:20 GMT] a Zionist force consisting of 12 soldiers was targeted with a guided missile that inflicted confirmed injuries. After 20 minutes, a Hummer military vehicle with four soldiers inside intervened to support the first force. It was also hit with a guided missile, which led to their deaths and injuries,” the armed group said in a statement.
