Nine dead in rocket attack on Israeli-occupied Golan

At least nine people have been killed after an attack which hit a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli media report.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a rocket fell on the Majdal Shams area of the territory.

Most of the casualties are believed to be children and teenagers.

The IDF blamed Hezbollah for the attack but Mohamad Afif, head of Hezbollah’s media office, denied “any relation to the Majdel Shams incident” in northern Israel and all accusations [of the group’s involvement] are false”.