Druze spiritual leader in Israel says deadly rocket attack ‘crossed all possible lines’

27 July 2024, 8:57 pm

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File: Muafak Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community decries “the brutal and murderous attack” on a soccer field in the northern Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams.

“It’s impossible to image and describe the horrific images of children and their smashed [body] parts strewn on the grass,” says Sheikh Muafak Tarif in a statement.

“A proper country cannot allow itself the continued harming of its citizens and residents. This is the ongoing reality for nine months in northern communities. This evening crossed all possible lines.”

Citing his “terrible shock and pain,” Tarif adds he “doesn’t want to say anything further now.”