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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

A cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war is a next step to ending the bloodshed

A Palestinian girl is shown crying in the arms of an adult. Roughly 8,000 of the 18,000-plus Palestinians killed in Gaza so far have been children, according to reports. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty)

Many barely had a chance to dream of their futures or a life beyond the cramped, walled-off 140-square-mile enclave they called home. 

They were children, and they, like the majority of the 18,400-plus Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes over the last two months, had nothing to do with the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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