The Bombs That Fall: U.S. Weapons, Palestinian Victims
The crisis in Gaza in 2025 has escalated into what many human rights observers describe as a modern-day siege—one that recalls the iron grip of a pharaoh over a population with no escape. Bombs rain from above, humanitarian aid is blocked, and women and children are dying in staggering numbers. The world watches, but justice feels as distant as ever.
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The Bombs That Fall: U.S. Weapons, Palestinian Victims
According to verified reports, many of the airstrikes devastating Gaza are carried out using U.S.-supplied weapons. An April 2025 investigation by major news outlets revealed that MK-84 bombs and JDAM kits, manufactured in the United States and supplied to Israel, were used in some of the deadliest airstrikes on civilian areas in Gaza. These weapons have a devastating blast radius and are particularly destructive in densely populated zones like refugee camps.
“The United States is not only supplying the bombs, but also shielding Israel diplomatically at the UN while those bombs are killing families,” said a UN humanitarian officer under anonymity. (source: The Guardian, April 2025)
The Civilian Death Toll: Women and Children
According to the United Nations, as of April 2025, nearly 70% of those killed in Gaza are women and children. Children alone account for 44% of the dead. (Sky News)
Many of these casualties are directly linked to airstrikes involving U.S.-made bombs, such as the one that targeted a school-turned-shelter in Rafah in March, killing over 25 civilians, most of them women and young girls. (BBC News)
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A Region Under Siege
Since March 2, 2025, Israel has severely restricted the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, leaving over 1 million children without access to essential food and medicine. Nearly 10,000 infants under 6 months are at risk of malnutrition due to formula shortages. (Cadena SER)
Entire families now live in makeshift shelters with no electricity, clean water, or protection from continued airstrikes—many of which are carried out with high-powered weapons supplied by the U.S.
Conclusion: A Call for Accountability
As global leaders debate the politics, civilians are dying. The use of American bombs in densely populated neighborhoods has led to the deaths of thousands of women and children, raising serious questions about the legality and morality of continued arms sales to Israel.
This isn’t just a political conflict. It’s a humanitarian nightmare, and unless nations are held accountable for the weapons they supply and the lives they help take, history will record this era as a time when world powers stood behind a modern Pharaoh—while Gaza was left to burn.
References
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Sky News, UN confirms 70% of Gaza dead are women and children (April 2025)
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BBC News, Civilian casualties mount amid Gaza airstrikes (April 2025)
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Cadena SER, Over 1 million children without vital aid in Gaza
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