US senator Mark Kelly on Sunday claimed that Israel used an American-made guided weapon, particularly a 2,000-lb (900-kg) Mark 84 sequence bomb, to kill Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Kelly, who chairs the Senate Armed Providers Airland Subcommittee, stated, “We see extra use of guided munitions, JDAMs, and we proceed to offer these weapons,” utilizing an abbreviation for Joint Direct Assault Munitions.
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“That 2,000-pound bomb that was used, that is a Mark 84 sequence bomb, to take out Nasrallah,” information company Reuters quoted Kelly as saying.
The US has been Israel’s largest arms provider, significantly for the reason that outbreak of the Israel-Hamas warfare. Nonetheless, the White Home reported that Israel had not knowledgeable them of the airstrike that killed Nasrallah in Beirut, and US President Joe Biden solely discovered about it as soon as Israeli planes have been already within the air.
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Israel has considerably escalated its actions in opposition to Hezbollah over the course of simply over per week, ensuing within the deaths of seven high commanders, together with its chief, Hassan Nasrallah. This escalation occurred after Hezbollah joined forces with Hamas in Gaza, following the latter’s shock assault on southern Israel. The lack of these key members, lots of whom have been with Hezbollah since its inception within the early Eighties, presents a big problem for the group, which is taken into account Lebanon‘s most influential navy and political drive. Amongst these killed was Nabil Kaouk, a veteran commander who joined Hezbollah within the Eighties and was seen as a possible successor to Nasrallah.
