U.S. tested by Israeli-Palestinian violence as Blinken visits Middle East
PBS NewsHourJUL 2023
This heinous attack on Israeli civilians is an unacceptable act of terrorism and one of the deadliest in years. While no group has yet claimed responsibility, it's a clear retaliation to Thursday's operation, which killed mostly gunmen and members of the cell and was needed to foil planned terror attacks against Israeli civilians.
Israeli occupation forces carried out a planned massacre against the Palestinian people this Thursday, cutting off electricity and barring medical workers from evacuating the wounded from the refugee camp, and now have attacked Gaza. Emboldened by international silence after killing more Palestinians last year than in any other calendar year since the Second Intifada, it is Israel that's becoming even more violent.