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Deadly strike in the Golan Heights risks opening new front in long-disputed territory

A missile strike that killed 12 children playing soccer in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 27, 2024, has prompted international concern that the Middle East conflict could expand into the disputed territory.

The Conversation

What is the Golan Heights and who controls it?

The rocky patch of land, legally part of Syria, is where the latest tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have erupted.

Al Jazeera

Airlines cancel, delay Lebanon flights amid Israeli retaliation fears

Hours after Israel’s security cabinet authorised Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his defence minister to decide how to retaliate for a deadly attack in the Golan Heights, airlines such as Air France and Lufthansa on Monday cancelled or delayed flights to Beirut. Israel blamed Hezbollah for the attack. The Lebanese-based…

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Israel Seizes Golan Heights From Syria In 1967

Learn about the Golan Heights, a disputed region seized by Israel from Syria, and the presence of the Druze community in the area.

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Israel claims to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after attack kills 12 on Golan Heights football pitch

‘We are approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon,’ claims Israeli foreign minister

The Independent UK

IDF strikes back at Syria after rocket attack, conducts airstrike on gunmen in Jenin

he Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday said that it struck several Syrian military targets after rockets were fired from Syria toward Israeli communities in the Golan Heights.

Dynamite News

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Boris and I volunteered on a kibbutz — all I feel is sympathy for both Israel and Palestine

In 1984, I spent a few months in Israel with my older brother, the then future but now former prime minister of this country. Our summer started as volunteers on a kibbutz in the north, in a thumb of land poking out between Lebanon and the Golan Heights, on the…

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‘Our voices need to be heard’: actor Ebla Mari on Ken Loach, Syria and refugees

When actor and drama teacher Ebla Mari was treading the boards in her local theatre, she never expected to get a call from Ken Loach

The Guardian - UK

Israeli missile fire allegedly injures soldier near Syrian capital Damascus

The missile fire is the latest attack in an ongoing shadow conflict unfolding in Syria between Israel and Iran.

Al Jazeera

Israel launched missiles at targets near Damascus - Syria state media

Israel launched a number of missiles from the Golan Heights targeting the vicinity of Syria's capital Damascus that left two soldiers wounded and "some material damage", Syrian state media reported early on Thursday citing a military source.

Reuters

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