Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after strike that killed 12

Members of the Druze minority attend a memorial ceremony for children and teenagers killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field over the weekend in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights (Leo Correa/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed heavy retaliation against Hezbollah amid furious diplomatic efforts to prevent a spiral into regional war following a weekend rocket strike that killed 12 children in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

Israel has blamed Hezbollah for Saturday evening’s rocket from Lebanon that slammed into a soccer field where the children were playing in the mainly Druze town of Majdal Shams.