Most Americans oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, poll finds

Most Americans disapprove of Israel s war in Gaza, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday a downward shift in Americans opinions on the war....

Most Americans disapprove of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday - a downward shift in Americans’ opinions on the war.

More than half of Americans - 55 percent - said they disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza, while 36 percent approve of it, according to the poll, which surveyed 1,016 U.S. adults this month. Nine percent said they had no opinion on the matter. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.

The poll shows growing discontent among Americans with Israel’s war in Gaza. A Gallup poll in November found that 50 percent of Americans approved of Israel’s actions in Gaza, while 45 percent disapproved and 4 percent said they had no opinion on the war. The conflict, which has now killed more than 32,490 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, followed the Hamas militant group’s Oct. 7 attack in Israel that killed about 1,200 people.

Approval of the war fell among both Republicans and Democrats, although those groups remain split: 64 percent of Republicans and 18 percent of Democrats approve of Israel’s military action, according to the March poll. Such sentiments have fallen since November among adherents of both parties: 71 percent of Republicans said then that they approved of Israel’s war in Gaza, while 36 percent of Democrats said they did.

Many Americans also disapprove of the United States sending more military aid to Israel, according to a poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University. More than half of U.S. voters, 52 percent, oppose sending more military aid, while 39 percent support doing so, according to a survey of 1,569 U.S. adults from March 21 to March 25. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.