MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel – Israelis poured into the northern border town of Majdal Shams following the rocket attack that killed 12 children and wounded dozens of others. Black flags flutter around this Druze village of about 12,000 residents. Situated on the Golan Heights – near the Lebanese and Syrian borders – residents are mourning.
“It’s a hard situation for their parents. We all panicked at home here. The entire village went into a panic. It’s a difficult situation,” Majdal Shams resident Naim Abu Jabal told CBN News.
The children came to play on the community soccer field and in the nearby park and have fun on a Saturday afternoon, instead, they met with death and destruction that they didn’t deserve.
“My grandchildren are always on the soccer field, and all the time they want me to come and watch them play soccer. But on this day, they were sick, and they couldn’t go. So we stayed at home. It’s too bad for every child that left this world. It’s too bad for all our children, Druze, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, it’s too bad for all the children,” Abu Jabal said.
Abu Jabal’s brother had a grandson on the field that day. Nine-year-old Rajwan remains hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from
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