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The Syrian Druze community of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights are united in grief following the deaths of 12 children in a rocket strike on Saturday.
The minority sect on the fringe of the Israel-Hamas war. MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation during a visit to the scene of a rocket strike that ...
Majdal Shams (Arabic: مجدل شمس; Hebrew: מַגְ'דַל שַׁמְס) is a predominantly Druze town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, [3] [4] located in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon. It is known as the informal "capital" of the region.
The Majdal Shams attack, also known as the Majdal Shams massacre,[1][2]took place on 27 July 2024, when a rocket hit a football pitchin Majdal Shamsin the Israeli-occupiedGolan Heightsof Syria. [a]The resulting blast killed 12 Syrian childrenand young adults belonging to the Druzecommunity[3][4][5]and injured at least 42 others,[6][7]with most ...
Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, a lively 11-year-old who loved basketball and learning languages, was playing on a soccer field a week ago in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Israeli-occupied Golan ...
Population. (2022) [1] • Total. 3,869. Mas'ade ( Arabic: مسعدة, Hebrew: מַסְעַדֶה) is a Syrian village in the northern Golan Heights. It covers an area of 11,985 dunams (11.985 km 2; 4.627 sq mi), and in 2022 had a population of 3,869. It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens ...
The rocket struck a football pitch in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, territory captured from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a ...
Shebaa Farms is located about 3 to 12 km (1.9 to 7.5 mi) southwest of the Lebanese village of Shebaa, and about 5 to 7 km (3.1 to 4.3 mi) northwest of the Druze village of Majdal Shams. Shebaa Farms is on the southeastern side of a long, broad ridge descending to the southwest from Mount Hermon.