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October 15, 2024

21 Killed, Including Children, in Israeli Strike on Northern Lebanon Village
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In Lebanon, at least 21 people were killed Monday when Israel bombed a
four-story apartment building in the northern village of Aitou. The U.N.
Human Rights Commission reports 12 women and two children were among the
victims. On Monday, a top UNICEF official warned of a "lost generation"
of children in Lebanon, with some 400,000 youths among the estimated 1.2
million people displaced by Israel's bombs. This is Jalal Ferhat, a
40-year-old father of five whose family crossed Lebanon's border into
Syria Monday seeking refuge.

Jalal Ferhat: "There are strikes in our neighborhood and destruction,
and they struck near my house. I have children. You can't just stay
where you are. We tried going to another place. We moved from Baalbek,
where they struck near my house. We had to leave again. I have children.
You can't stay. We are going to Syria because it could be safer than
where we are."



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