GAZA, (PIC)
The US newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” revealed that Israel rained down 8 tons of bombs on Al-Mawasi area, a few days ago.
Huge deployment of firepower, after years of failed attempts to kill Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, exacted a heavy civilian toll
The paper said: “Israel had tried—and failed—to kill Hamas’s top leader, Mohammed Deif, several times.”
“So when intelligence emerged that he was hiding in a compound in southern Gaza, Israel struck with overwhelming force, hitting it with eight 2,000-pound bombs,” the paper added.
The force of the blast from the precision-guided munitions reduced the target to a smoldering crater.
Scores of Palestinians in the area around the compound—which was home to a market, a water source and a soup kitchen serving displaced civilians—were killed and hundreds wounded, health authorities said.
On the other hand, a US think tank revealed that 52% of Americans want the Biden administration to halt weapons shipments to Israel until it stops its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
“Fifty-two percent of Americans agree that the US government should halt weapons shipments to Israel until Israel stops its attacks on Gaza,” the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) said in a statement, citing a new YouGov poll it commissioned.
