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A children's playground stands covered in dust amid the destruction in central Tyre caused by an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city.Israel’s escalated assault on Lebanon is killing three children each day on average, the UN children’s agency reports, as Israel’s intensified bombardments and raids take a horrific toll on the country.
Since October of 2023, Lebanon’s Health Ministry has documented 231 children killed and 1,330 injured, as Israel has pounded Lebanon with bombs,In all, Israel has killed 3,500 people in Lebanon and injured nearly 15,000. Israel has also forced over 1 million people to be displaced, including an estimated 400,000 children.
We must give ourselves space to grieve and feel our fear, feel our rage, and keep in the forefront of our mind the stark truth that millions of real human lives are on the line. And simultaneously, we’ve got to get to work, take stock of our resources, and prepare to throw ourselves full force into the movement.Even as we are reeling, we’re summoning up all the energy we can to face down what’s coming, because we know that one of the sharpest weapons against fascism is publishing the truth.
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