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Alma's father, Ayman Fakhr al-Din, shows one her favourite soccer jerseys, as he stands in his daughter's room at the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Alma's father, Ayman Fakhr al-Din, shows one her favourite soccer jerseys, as he stands in his daughter's room at the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

FILE - A young woman lights a candle in memory of the twelve children and teens killed by rocket strike at a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - A young woman lights a candle in memory of the twelve children and teens killed by rocket strike at a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Druze clergymen attend the funeral of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Druze clergymen attend the funeral of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - People visit the site of a rocket strike that killed twelve children and teens at a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - People visit the site of a rocket strike that killed twelve children and teens at a soccer field in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - People light candles in memory of the children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - People light candles in memory of the children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

A Druze young man bakes traditional local bread in a shop in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A Druze young man bakes traditional local bread in a shop in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sheikh Wissam Sliqa, the advisor of religious affairs for Lebanon's top Druze religious leader speaks during an interview in the southern Lebanese village of Firdis, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sheikh Wissam Sliqa, the advisor of religious affairs for Lebanon's top Druze religious leader speaks during an interview in the southern Lebanese village of Firdis, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, during their funeral, in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, during their funeral, in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Hail Abu Jabal, 84, takes a pause after collecting some vegetables on his property in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. "About a century ago, this region was one region. The Druze were spread out in one country. After the division of this region we were distributed in four countries", explains the 84-year-old social activist. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hail Abu Jabal, 84, takes a pause after collecting some vegetables on his property in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. "About a century ago, this region was one region. The Druze were spread out in one country. After the division of this region we were distributed in four countries", explains the 84-year-old social activist. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hail Abu Jabal, walks on his property to collect some vegetables in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. "About a century ago, this region was one region. The Druze were spread out in one country. After the division of this region we were distributed in four countries", explains the 84-year-old social activist. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hail Abu Jabal, walks on his property to collect some vegetables in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. "About a century ago, this region was one region. The Druze were spread out in one country. After the division of this region we were distributed in four countries", explains the 84-year-old social activist. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Syrian Druze sheikh checks his mobile phone in front of Syrian soldiers who hold a poster that shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights, Syria, Tuesday July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian Druze sheikh checks his mobile phone in front of Syrian soldiers who hold a poster that shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights, Syria, Tuesday July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

FILE - Druze men walk in the village of Rami in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Druze men walk in the village of Rami in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Young Druze armed men, patrol the village of Rami in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Young Druze armed men, patrol the village of Rami in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority attend funeral of Guevara Ibrahim, 11, who is one of the 12 children and teens, killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams,in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Monday, July 29, 2024. ((AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority attend funeral of Guevara Ibrahim, 11, who is one of the 12 children and teens, killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams,in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Monday, July 29, 2024. ((AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Druze clergymen wave flags as they make a statement, protesting the political use of their town and the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack, as they wave to the Druze community on the other side of the border with Syria, from the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Druze clergymen wave flags as they make a statement, protesting the political use of their town and the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack, as they wave to the Druze community on the other side of the border with Syria, from the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Sheikh Amin Khair, farmer and retired teacher works in his orchard in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sheikh Amin Khair, farmer and retired teacher works in his orchard in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sheikh Amin Khair, farmer and retired teacher, works in his orchard in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sheikh Amin Khair, farmer and retired teacher, works in his orchard in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya, Lebanon, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Ayman Fakhr al-Din holds a picture of his daughter Alma for a photo in her room at the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ayman Fakhr al-Din holds a picture of his daughter Alma for a photo in her room at the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)