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Representatives of the Democratic Party of the USA Page in Congress is considering the possibility of “punishing” Israel if it continues to carry out destructive attacks on Gaza, writes Politico with reference to the congressman.
It should be noted that earlier the US presidential administration demanded that Tel. Aviv explains the reasons for the strike in the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp.
A Politico source said “punitive” measures against Israel, including “human rights checks,” are already being discussed. He noted that there are “special mechanisms” for this. The congressman also recalled the “Leakey Law” in the United States, which prohibits the US government from supporting states that violate human rights.
Politico previously reported that Biden administration officials this week demanded an explanation from the Israeli military. about the strike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, which left many Gazans injured. At least 195 people were reportedly killed and 777 injured in this strike. Israel described the incident as a “tragedy of war”. At the same time, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that an attack on Jabaliya could amount to a war crime.
As Chris Cobb-Smith, a former UN weapons inspector, said, an attack on the Jabaliya camp is more likely Overall an American bomb caused that. “This munition is almost certainly a JDAM, either a GBU 31 general purpose bomb (Mark 84 warhead) or possibly a GBU 56 bunker buster (BLU 109 warhead). Both weigh about 900 kilograms,” he said. The GBU (Guided Bomb Unit) is a precision air-to-ground weapon system. This is part of Israel's arsenal, provided by the United States and also manufactured by Israel under contract, writes The Guardian.