- At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed on Saturday when a rocket hit a football pitch in Majdal Shams.
- Israel has blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group strongly denies any involvement.
Funerals have been taking place for the victims of a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed on Saturday when a rocket hit a football pitch in Majdal Shams.
Israel has blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group strongly denies any involvement.
Early on Sunday, the IDF said it had conducted air strikes against seven Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory".
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire regularly since October, when the Israel-Gaza war began.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed said Hezbollah would "pay a heavy price", but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he didn't want to see the conflict escalate.
What is Hezbollah?
The rocket strike which killed 12 children and young adults in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been widely blamed on Hezbollah, so let's take a minute to explain why they would be attacking the area.
Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim organisation which is politically influential and in control of the most powerful armed force in Lebanon.
It was established in the early 1980s by the region's most dominant Shia power, Iran, to oppose Israel.
Since then, Hezbollah has maintained thousands of fighters and a huge missile arsenal in southern Lebanon and continues to oppose Israel's presence in disputed border areas.
US does not want conflict to 'escalate' - Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US is "in conversations with the government of Israel".
Speaking from Tokyo, Japan, Blinken emphasised that Israel's "right to defend its citizens and our determination to make sure that they're able to do that".
He also said the US doesn't want to see the conflict escalate.
"We don't want to see it spread. That has been one of our goals from day one, from 7 October 7," he adds.
Blinken has said there is "every indication" yesterday's rocket strike in the Golan Heights was launched by Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has strongly denied any involvement.