Nearly 1,400 people have been killed, more than 80 percent of them civilians, in Israeli terror campaign on the crippling and besieged Gaza Strip.

It’s not been widely publicized, but the US military keeps munitions depot operating in Israeli occupied lands year-round, just so that when Israel gets into new wars they can step up with more ammo for their attacks.

Reports say that Israel never made an “emergency request,” but that the US tapped to stockpile anyhow for convenience’s sake in keeping Israel stocked with ammunition, and has been letting Israel access the munitions from the stockpile for at least 10 days now.

The Pentagon is shrugging it off as routine, but with the US trying to publicly be the face of negotiations, their bankrolling of Israeli aggression clearly looks bad, particularly as they try to criticize some of the more egregious attacks on civilians in Gaza, while those attacks are being carried out with US munitions.

Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip since July 8. The air, sea and land strikes by Israel have also left thousands of others in the coastal sliver. Israeli forces also began a ground offensive against the impoverished Palestinian land on July 17. About 300 children have been killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue attacks against Gaza.

Earlier in the day, Israel mobilized 16,000 reservists for the ground military operations in Gaza, putting the total number at 86,000.

Tel Aviv has targeted hospitals, clinics, and shelters over the past 24 days.

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