EXCLUSIVE： Western Standard Live at Israeli children's soccer field
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Summary
On July 27th, 2024, a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a soccer field in a village in northern Israel. 12 children were killed, the closest to the bomb only found his jaw 72 hours later, and 50 others were critically injured.
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I'm standing in the middle of the soccer field in a village called Majah Srams in northern Israel.
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It's a Druze village, and on July 27th, 2024, this is where a group of children were playing,
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enjoying the afternoon sunshine when a rocket fired from Lebanon slammed into the ground.
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12 children were killed, the closest to the bomb.
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The kids, they thought it's a drone or aircraft or something.
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They ran to this area where they had their bags and their sport equipment and everything.
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And as you see, their toys, I would call it, they still parked here.
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So they came to pick up their bags, go to the shelter, as you see there,
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where they can find their parents that they are okay, you know.
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It took us 72 hours to find his lower jaw only.
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We had around 50 kids that they critically injured, you know, not just a scratch.
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Children from this little community, some of them didn't speak for 10 months.
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But now they're starting to come out of their shell.
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And again, before we arrived, there were kids playing soccer on this field.
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We talked to the parents of children who were killed.
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From a Druze village in northern Israel, I'm Dave Naylor for the Western Standard.