According to Reuters, which cited a US senator, Israel used guided weapons made in the United States in the airstrike in Beirut that killed top Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah.
According to Mark Kelly, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, 2,000 lb (900 kg) Mark 84 series bombs, also known as bunker-busters, hit Hezbollah headquarters.
“JDAMs and guided munitions are being used more often, and we will keep supplying those weapons. Reuters cited him as saying, “That 2,000-pound bomb that was used—that’s a Mark 84 series bomb—to take out Nasrallah.”
JDAMs may transform an ordinary unguided bomb into a guided weapon by using fins and a GPS guidance system.
Israel’s largest arms supplier has been the United States, a longstanding ally, particularly since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, which resulted from the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 invasion of Israel, which claimed hundreds of lives.
But as The Guardian noted, the White House claimed that Israel had not informed them about the airstrike that killed Nasrallah in Beirut, and US President Joe Biden was only made aware of it after Israeli planes had taken off.
In a week, Israel eliminates seven Hezbollah commanders.
In a week, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed at least seven Hezbollah commanders by stepping up their strikes on Lebanon. The Iranian-backed terrorist group also acknowledged the death of Nabil Kaouk, the deputy leader of Hezbollah’s Central Council, one day after Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Additionally, the group claimed that Ali Karaki, a second top leader, perished in the assault.
Mohammad Surour, Ibrahim Kobeissi, Ahmad Wehbe, and Ibrahim Akil were the other Hezbollah commanders who lost their lives in the assaults.
Over 100 people were killed in a single day as a result of Israel’s ongoing shelling of Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Sunday. The attack left 359 people injured and 105 people dead, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
