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The “Football of Majdal Shams”

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28.07.2026

Image courtesy of Sam Philipe

Two years ago, on July 27, 2024, Hezbollah terrorists from Lebanon fired an Iranian-made Falaq-1 missile with a 53-kilogram warhead into the upper Golan Druze community of Majdal Shams.

The missile, accidently on purpose, slammed into a soccer pitch where 120 children were playing. Hezbollah killed 12 innocent Druze children, boys and girls, between the ages of 10-16.

Hezbollah took responsibility for the missile attack but not the murders of the children.  They claimed they were aiming a nearby Israeli army facility.  They claimed that an Iron-Dome interceptor had knocked the missile off course to slam into the playground.

The hoped-for terror PR for Hezbollah went very wrong.

Western sources familiar with the type of missile, its guidance system, and targeting knew the Falaq-1 had not been deflected by an Iron-Dome rocket.

The attack on the children was a particularly cruel act directed at the Druze community.  Hezbollah, and Hamas in Gaza, as a matter of soulless policy, deliberately use........

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