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- Most of the bombs Israel is using in Gaza are exceptionally big, weighing 1,000 to 2,000 pounds.
- The use of such large bombs on such a small area might only compare to Vietnam or World War II, an analyst said.
- The size and scale of the bombing is raising the civilian death toll, analysts told The New York Times.
Israel's nearly seven-week-long aerial bombardment of Gaza has killed around 12,000 people and flattened large swathes of the small but densely populated strip.