News at ten - the genocidal settler colonial state habitually lies yet again.

28 July 2024

Extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with members of the
Likud, were expelled by the local residents of Majdal Shams while trying to
attend the funeral on 28 July.

Eyewitnesses at the scene reported that it was an Israeli Iron Dome interceptor
missile that fell on the field, according to an Al-Arabi TV correspondent who
spoke with a member of Israel's ambulance service, Magen David Adom.

A military expert cited by Sputnik said, "the missile that exploded in Majdal
Shams was 100 percent Israeli, and we are faced with two possibilities: either a
malfunction in the performance of the Israeli air defense systems, or a
deliberate launch to achieve specific goals."

Tel Aviv has described the victims as Israeli civilians. Yet the residents of
Majdal Shams are Syrian Druze living under occupation since the illegal
occupation of the Golan Heights during the 1967 war.

Residents of the town have refused Israeli citizenship and continue to view
themselves as Syrians. The Druze community in Majdal Shams called on Israel not
to politicize the incident. However, Israeli officials have used it to reinforce
calls for launching a broader war against Lebanon.
-- Cont'd at https://thecradle.co/articles/syria-attributes-deadly-golan-strike-to-israel-denounces-attempts-to-expand-war