Netanyahu vows revenge after rocket strike kills 12 people in Golan Heights

Israeli PM blames Hezbollah for deadly strike on football pitch amid daylong barrage from Lebanon

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah would pay a hefty price" after a strike on a football pitch in a remote town in the occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people and a daylong barrage of rocket fire from Lebanon targeted Israeli territory.

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said large numbers" of ambulances were dispatched to the scene to treat the casualties, all aged between 10 and 20 years old. Video and imagery showed young casualties strewn across the grass, some wearing sports shirts.