PA libel: US aircraft carriers commit “75% of the bombings in the Gaza Strip”
Regular columnist for official PA daily Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul: “All the signs show that 75% of the bombings in the Gaza Strip (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war) are from the American aircraft carriers, in addition to how [US] forces are present on the ground, on the battlefield in the southern districts (i.e., the Gaza Strip), in Gaza, Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun, Zeitoun, Khan Yunis, and in other places of the Gaza Strip where forces have arrived. It [US] is the one that is bombing - from its destroyers and aircraft carriers in the [Mediterranean] Sea - the Palestinian neighborhoods and refugee camps.”
[Official PA TV, Dec. 10, 2023]
Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul is also a former advisor with the rank of minister to former PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on national affairs and a former PLO Central Council member.
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