© Getty ImagesIsrael's devastating bombing has destroyed even refugee camps
With almost 10,000 Palestinians dead in Gaza, the
US has come under some pressure to curtail what many see as Israel's wanton massacre of civilians in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
US officials said they have outlined several steps for Israel to
reduce civilian casualties in Gaza - including using smaller bombs, according to a
New York Times report published Saturday.
Though
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke on his recent trip to Israel and Jordan of the "concrete steps" the US proposed for Israel to "minimise civilian deaths" in Gaza,
almost 10,000 people - including more than 4,000 children - have been killed since relentless Israeli bombardment began on 7 October.
Blinken had refrained from outlining what said "concrete steps" were.However, US officials, speaking to the
New York Times under the condition of anonymity, said the measures proposed by the US to reduce civilian deaths include
gathering more intelligence on "Hamas command and control networks"
before launching strikes, using smaller bombs to collapse the tunnel network, and employing their ground forces to
separate civilian population centres from where the militants are concentrated.
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