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People searching through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip.
People searching through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip.

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  • Israel said it dropped about 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip within the first six days of war.
  • That staggering number is close to the  7,423 bombs US dropped on Afghanistan in 2019.
  • Israel has launched multiple airstrikes on the densely populated Gaza Strip since October 7. 

Israel's dogged attempts to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas have seen the country use a staggering amount of bombs on the Gaza Strip.

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Israel says it dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza in one week. That's almost as many a…