U.S. criticizes civilian death toll in Gaza assault As Israel pushes forward with its deadly assault on the southern Gaza Strip, the United States has warned that Israel must "put a premium on civilian protection" while it battles Hamas. In a rare criticism of its close ally, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that "there does remain a gap between ... the intent to protect civilians and the actual results that we're seeing on the ground."
Israel is the most moral army in the world, they do their damnest to protect civilian life Hamas targets civilians, Israel doesn't Israel doesn't indiscriminately bomb civilians Israel only bombs civilians because they're being used as human shields Those civilians are Hamas fighters actually 2:1 civilian deaths (our claim) are great numbers actually, compare to these other atrocious urban conflicts
Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack DHEIRA, Lebanon — Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon that injured at least nine civilians in what a rights group says should be investigated as a war crime, according to a Washington Post analysis of shell fragments found in a small village. A journalist working for The Post found remnants of three 155-millimeter artillery rounds fired into Dheira, near the border of Israel, which incinerated at least four homes, residents said. The rounds, which eject felt wedges saturated with white phosphorous that burns at high temperatures, produce billowing smoke to obscure troop movements as it falls haphazardly over a wide area. Its contents can stick to skin, causing potentially fatal burns and respiratory damage, and its use near civilian areas could be prohibited under international humanitarian law.
US increasingly alone in Israel support as 153 countries vote for ceasefire at UN The United States was looking increasingly isolated on the world stage on Tuesday after a resounding vote at the UN general assembly calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Cheers and clapping echoed around the general assembly chamber in New York as the emergency vote was announced. A thumping 153 member states out of the 193 total membership backed the resolution, with only 10 including the US, Israel and Austria voting against, and 23 – including the UK and Germany – abstaining.