https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-bombs-destruction-death-t…
The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history.
In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II. It has killed more civilians than the U.S.-led coalition did in its three-year campaign against the Islamic State group.
The Israeli military has said little about what kinds of bombs and artillery it is using in Gaza. But from blast fragments found on-site and analyses of strike footage, experts are confident that the vast majority of bombs dropped on the besieged enclave are U.S.-made. They say the weapons include 2,000-pound (900-kilogram “bunker-busters” that have killed hundreds in densely populated areas.
With the Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpassing 20,000, the international community is calling for a cease-fire. Israel vows to press ahead, saying it wants to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities following the militant group’s Oct. 7 cross-border rampage that triggered the war, in which it killed 1,200 people and took 240 others hostage.
The Biden administration has quietly continued to supply arms to Israel. Last week, however, President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged that Israel was losing international legitimacy for what he called its “indiscriminate bombing.”
@9HQM5R25mos5MO
Israel is committing genocide in Palestine and the US is supporting this. Palestinian people have a right to their land and safety.
@RedStateFredRepublican5mos5MO
So, let me add my "expert" opinion: Ever hear of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the Dresden fire bombing, the Tokyo fire bombing, Stalingrad, etc...?
(Anyone who has actually read history could go on
ad infinitum.)
The Associated Propagandists might want to rediscover how "news" works.
@LionLarryGreen5mos5MO
Didn't they already match the Dresden numbers? Pretty sure they did.
@InaugurationChowderGreen5mos5MO
Governments know very well that if you can get the public to accept the premise for war then you can conduct the war itself outrageously and still maintain support, which is one reason we should all be much more skeptical of military action in general.
@RelievedLobbyist5mos5MO
'civilian punishment,' 'bombing campaign' nice ways of sanitizing genocide or retiring the term genocide as they like to call it.
@ThriftyBicameralDemocrat5mos5MO
Makes sense then, that Hamas declined the offer of a ceasefire for hostages ... can't be that bad in there if people support Hamas by big margins and Hamas is happy to fight on. Palestinians have chosen violence fo 75 years, why should it be different this time.
@9HQL2P6Libertarian5mos5MO
the war should come to end as quickly as possible before it escalates more
Israel has the right to defend itself and should do everything in its power to destroy Hamas without murdering innocent civilians.
@9HQQ92H5mos5MO
I believe that Israel's campaign in Gaza is needed in the War on Terrorism
@9HQPZRR 5mos5MO
If the military operation was destructive, the military operation probably failed and some variables were created. This is probably the most important news because we do not know how dangerous that variable is.
@9HQPW6TProgressive5mos5MO
Israel’s government is funding our country’s politicians across political isles. This genocide and colonization of Gaza is not too complicated, nor is it anti-Semitic to fight for Palestinian people. The only reason our leaders are not fighting to protect Gaza is because of $$$ and propaganda from the Israeli government.
@9HQP4PS5mos5MO
There is a genocide happening, Palestine should be helped and free
@9HQN4RM5mos5MO
I am not astutely knowledgeable about the topic so I will not answer.
@9HQMVML5mos5MO
Israel is a zionist state and shouldn't exist
@9HQMQ2K5mos5MO
Zionist are war hungry individuals free Palestine
@9HQMQJC5mos5MO
Anti-Genocide, pro-ceasefire, Pro-Palestine
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
The historical activity of users engaging with this url.
Loading data...
Loading chart...
Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion
Loading data...
