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A Hezbollah rocket struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights, killing at least 10 children, and injuring 24, the IDF reported on Saturday.

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I didn't think they were able to aim those rockets beyond a general direction. Has that changed?

[–] steventhedev@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

About 20 years ago Hezbollah first started using guided anti-tank missiles. In some cases they are steering the missile all the way until impact. I'm sure details will come out soon, but you don't just randomly hit the field/playground in the middle of town by accident without trying at least a little bit.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends. I've heard of rockets being launched at Israel on the news consistently, for decades. I rarely hear about more than a few casualties, and even more rarely of deaths. When hundreds are launched every year you would a few to randomly hit a populated area.

Either this is an outlier with a dumb rocket, or the average rocket launched is dumb but this one was not. Either way, innocents die because the people and powers that be haven't learned how to not be violent assholes to each other.

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
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