UK, France ‘condemns’ Golan attack; Israel vows retaliation

London: The UK on Sunday condemned the rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, which killed 12 people, and said it was “deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation”.

In a statement on X, Foreign Secretary David Lammy also said the UK’s new Labour government has been clear that Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement “must cease their attacks” on Israel.

France’s foreign ministry on Sunday also condemned the rocket attack and urged belligerents to avoid escalation.

“France condemns in the strongest terms the particularly fatal attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights,” the ministry said, calling for “everything to be done to avoid a new military escalation”.

Additionally, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Sunday condemned what she said was the “deplorable” rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, which killed 12 people, and called for “cool heads” in response.