Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on Friday criticized reported approval of sending more weapons to Israel by the Biden administration.

"The U.S. cannot beg Netanyahu to stop bombing civilians one day and the next send him thousands more 2,000 lb. bombs that can level entire city blocks. This is obscene," Sanders said on X, sharing the report of the Washington Post.

The Washington Post said the US in recent days "quietly" authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza.

Citing Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter, the report said the new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs.

"We must end our complicity: No more bombs to Israel," Sanders reiterated.

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct 2023 after Hamas made a surprise attack on southern Israel.

Nearly 32,500 Palestinians have since been killed and 74,900 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

13 killed in a series of Israeli attacks in Gaza

Meanwhile, the Wafa news agency reported on Sunday (March 31) that as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza entered the 177th day at least 13 Palestinian citizens were killed over the last hours in a series of Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardments in various areas of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and in Gaza City.

Medical sources reported that 11 individuals were killed and dozens wounded in the Israeli shelling of a group of civilians in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis. Among the casualties were a woman and her daughter who were killed in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting the Majedah family's home in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis.

Local sources revealed that intense explosions rocked western areas of Khan Yunis, prompting widespread panic among residents. Simultaneously, Israeli warplanes targeted a residential tower in the Al-Asra neighborhood, northwest of Al-Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Meantime, an elderly civilian succumbed to his injuries after his home was targeted by Israeli shelling near Wadi Gaza area in central Gaza.

In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7th has resulted in 32,705 documented Palestinian fatalities, the majority of whom are children and women.

Additionally, 75,190 individuals have been injured, with thousands still missing under the rubble and on the streets. The Israeli occupation continues to obstruct ambulance and rescue teams from reaching them.