Across the globe, students are settling into their classrooms after a summer away, but the same can’t be said in Gaza, where right now over half a million children in the Strip are starting a second school year disrupted by war. One independent human rights monitor reports that the Israeli military has bombed as many as 16 schools in Gaza in the past six weeks alone.

Maryam Shtawi, a young girl recently told CNN, “We used to study, attend classes, do homework, and our lives were happy…I want to learn.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is once again headed to Egypt to continue ceasefire talks. The problem? The chance that things stay just that — talk — is too high.

To end the bombing of Gaza, get the remaining hostages home, and build a pathway to peace that means kids like Maryam can go back to school, we need action.

The tragic reality is that U.S. rhetoric isn’t matching the reality of this moment. But one thing nearly certain to push us closer to a ceasefire? Suspending offensive U.S. weapons bound for the Israeli government. That’s why, if you’re tired of serial numbers showing the bombs used in Gaza were made in the United States, the president needs to hear from you today.