The US has given Israel around 15,000 bombs, including 100 BLU-109, 2,000-pound bunker busters, and about 57,000 artillery shells since Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The WSJ report observed that the Biden administration is walking a diplomatic tightrope as it continues to supply hundreds of millions of dollars worth of arms to the Jewish state while also urging it to do its best to avoid excessive civilian casualties.
“President Biden and I have been clear,” US Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Saturday. "Israel has a right to defend itself and we will remain steadfast in that conviction. President Biden and I have also been clear: As Israel defends itself, it matters how.”
Israel has a right to defend itself. As Israel does so, it matters how. Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. As Israel pursues its military objectives in Gaza, we believe Israel must do more to protect innocent civilians. pic.twitter.com/2LRNGESU8N — Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) December 3, 2023
In her address, the vice-president stated the need for international humanitarian law to be respected and that too many innocent Palestinian civilians have already been killed.
abelenkpe on December 4th, 2023 at 17:43 UTC »
So what’s the plan after Gaza is turned into an uninhabitable fire pit?
DrNinnuxx on December 4th, 2023 at 15:33 UTC »
The bomb in the thumbnail is not a 2,000 lb. BLU-109. As the article points out, that ordanance is a GBU-28 5,000-pound Laser-Guided Bomb. This is a BLU-109..jpg)
You'd think the Jerusalem Post would have stock photos of it but apparently not.
nooo82222 on December 4th, 2023 at 15:20 UTC »
Man at this rate, US going have fresh weapons when we ever go to war