Irish soldiers 'carefully monitoring' tensions after missile strikes on Israeli territories 

Israeli police officers and firefighters work at the site of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gil Eliyahu)

The security environment along the Lebanon-Israel border is on a “knife-edge” and Irish soldiers deployed to a UN peacekeeping force are “carefully monitoring” the situation, former Army officer and TD Cathal Berry has said.

Israeli authorities blamed the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for a missile strike on a soccer field in Israeli-controlled territories which killed at least 11 children.