- Title: Palestinians in Gaza voice frustration at US' support to Israel
- Date: 18th March 2025
- Summary: JABALIA, GAZA (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FLATTENED BUILDINGS, RUBBLE, AND DESTRUCTION / PEOPLE WALKING AMONG DESTRUCTION VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR BELONGINGS THROUGH THE RUBBLE GAZA CITY, GAZA (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN RESIDENT OF GAZA CITY, MONTASER MOHAMMED, SAYING: "As long as the United States is supporting Israel with
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- Keywords: CEASEFIRE GAZA HAMAS ISRAEL REAX TRUMP US
- Location: GAZA CITY AND JABALIA, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY AND JABALIA, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001968918032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Palestinians in Gaza voiced on Tuesday (March 18) frustration at the United States' support to Israel, following deadly Israeli airstrikes which brought the ceasefire to the brink.
In Washington, a White House spokesperson said Israel had consulted the U.S. administration before it carried out the strikes.
Palestinian health authorities said Israeli airstrikes killed more than 400 people, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use more force to free hostages held by Hamas.
"We have become a testing ground in Gaza for Israeli-American strikes. We just want to understand from them, what do they want from us?," Gaza City resident Mohammed Radwan asked, adding that the U.S. keeps supporting Israel with all kinds of weapons.
Another resident, Montaser Mohammed, blamed the U.S. for supporting Israel, saying, "they have ruined us."
With the backing of the United States, Israel had been pressing for the return of the remaining hostages in exchange for a longer-term truce to halt fighting until after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday in April.
However, Hamas has insisted on moving to negotiations for a permanent end to the war and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces, under the terms of the original ceasefire agreement.
The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered on Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli allies.
Israel's subsequent military assault on Gaza has killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry, while also triggering accusations of genocide and war crimes that Israel denies. The assault has internally displaced nearly Gaza's entire 2.3 million population and caused a hunger crisis.
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