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In reply to the discussion: Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war [View all]AloeVera
(4,206 posts)They were Syrian Druze children living on the Occupied Golan Heights that Trump allowed Israel to annex. * Just for some historical context.
Hezbollah never took responsibility. I can't imagine it was a deliberate attack, probably unintentional or a misfire. Not only can their rockets not hit most targets but it would be an absolute insane folly for them to target a field full of kids from a strategic perspective.
But the Israeli side will always present it as intentional. In this way, the deaths of those poor children can be pointed to as their casus belli to justify deaths of more children. It's just so unbelievable and sad.
FYI the pager op killed an 11-year old boy as well. We don't know how many civilians were killed or injured in total but reports indicate many women and children among them.
*Edited to clarify: annexed in 1981, a move rejected by most of the international community but recognized by Trump in 2019.