US piles pressure on Israel over conduct in war on Hamas
The US has issued its strongest criticism of Israel’s conduct in its war on Hamas – calling for more to be done to protect civilians facing bombardment in Gaza.
Pressure is building on Israel to stem the growing death toll inside the besieged territory. The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, said that “breaking point” has been reached in Gaza” and that a “humanitarian nightmare has engulfed the people” as Israel stepped up its strikes in the south.
The US secretary of state, , said that a “gap” remains between Israel’s declared intentions to protect civilians and the mounting death toll on the ground. “As we stand here almost a week into this campaign into the south… it remains imperative that Israel put a CNN that a death toll in the south Gaza similar to the north “cannot” be allowed to happen.
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