Israel Readies Response to Hezbollah’s Soccer Field Attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was authorized by his cabinet late on July 28 to choose the response to Hezbollah’s attack killing 12 children playing soccer.

Mourners carry coffins, during the funeral of children who were killed at a soccer pitch by a rocket Israel says was fired from Lebanon, in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in Golan Heights, on July 28, 2024. Ammar Awad/Reuters

Israel’s leaders face a military crossroads after a Hezbollah rocket attack on July 27 killed 12 Israeli children.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel on July 28 after his U.S. trip, where he addressed Congress and spoke separately with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump.