More than 40 percent of Americans believe Israel has gone too far in Hamas response: Poll

Source: The Hill

More than 40 percent of Americans believe Israel has gone too far in Hamas response: Poll

BY LAUREN SFORZA - 03/03/24 1:04 PM ET

More than 40 percent of Americans now believe Israel has gone “too far” in its response to the militant group Hamas in Gaza, according to a new poll.

The survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal found that 42 percent of Americans believe Israel’s actions in Gaza following Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7 have gone “too far.” Nineteen percent of those surveyed said it has not gone far enough, 24 percent said it’s been about right and 15 percent did not know or refused to answer.

The Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel left about 1,200 people dead while another approximately 240 people were captured by militants and brought into Gaza as hostages. In the months since, Israel has waged attacks on Gaza in what it says are efforts to eliminate Hamas.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said last week more than 30,000 Palestinians have died in the fighting since the onset of the war. The authorities do not distinguish between fighters and civilians, but local health officials and the United Nations have indicated that most of the dead are women and children.

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