United States (US) Pentagon Chief, Lloyd Austin, during a US congressional hearing, was asked how many Palestinian women and children had been killed by Israeli forces since October 7.
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| US Pentagon Chief, Lloyd Austin. Photo: Getty Images |
He answered, “It is over 25,000.”
According to aljazeera.com:
US officials rarely reference civilian death toll numbers that have resulted from Israel’s war on Gaza. Austin’s boss, President Joe Biden, has previously cast doubt on the figures provided by the Gaza Health Ministry, saying that he had “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using” – a number that now puts the death toll at more than 30,000.
Moreover, Austin added that about 21,000 precision-guided munitions had been provided to Israel since the start of its war.
