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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruth Michaelson in Jerusalem

Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war

Mourners surround the coffins of 10 of victims killed in the rocket strike
Mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the victims killed in the rocket strike. Photograph: Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images

Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon overnight as diplomats worked frantically to prevent a regional war after a rocket strike that killed 12 children in the occupied Golan Heights.

Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, visited the scene of Saturday’s rocket attack in Majdal Shams, a predominantly Druze village, calling the strike “a terrible tragedy”.

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