Western Standard - May 22, 2025


EXCLUSIVE： Western Standard Live at Israeli children's soccer field

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Druze Majah Srams
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

140.56

Word count

262

Sentence count

21


Summary

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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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00:00:00.960 I'm standing in the middle of the soccer field in a village called Majah Srams in northern Israel.
00:00:09.300 It's a Druze village, and on July 27th, 2024, this is where a group of children were playing,
00:00:18.440 enjoying the afternoon sunshine when a rocket fired from Lebanon slammed into the ground.
00:00:25.620 12 children were killed, the closest to the bomb.
00:00:31.720 They only found his jaw 72 hours later.
00:00:36.080 The kids, they thought it's a drone or aircraft or something.
00:00:40.260 So most of them, they were on the field.
00:00:42.080 They ran to this area where they had their bags and their sport equipment and everything.
00:00:47.060 And as you see, their toys, I would call it, they still parked here.
00:00:51.860 So they came to pick up their bags, go to the shelter, as you see there,
00:00:57.520 where they can find their parents that they are okay, you know.
00:01:00.720 And that didn't happen, obviously.
00:01:02.860 The impact, as I said, it hit Javara.
00:01:05.680 It took us 72 hours to find his lower jaw only.
00:01:10.500 We had around 50 kids that they critically injured, you know, not just a scratch.
00:01:15.760 Children from this little community, some of them didn't speak for 10 months.
00:01:21.300 But now they're starting to come out of their shell.
00:01:24.040 And again, before we arrived, there were kids playing soccer on this field.
00:01:29.520 We talked to the parents of children who were killed.
00:01:33.820 They don't want revenge.
00:01:35.480 They just want peace.
00:01:37.900 And isn't that a lesson for all of us?
00:01:39.840 From a Druze village in northern Israel, I'm Dave Naylor for the Western Standard.