Israel Used US-Made Bombs in Rafah Tent Camp Massacre
by Dave DeCamp
Investigations from CNN and The New York Times found that the bombs Israel dropped on a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday were made in the US. Weapons experts examined debris that was filmed at the scene of the strike and identified it as a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, a munition manufactured inside the US by Boeing.
The Israeli military said it used two munitions that had small warheads, each packed with 17 kilos of explosives, which is the traditional payload of a GBU-39. The GBU-39 is designed for precise targeting, but weapons experts say there’s always a risk of mass casualties when dropping the bomb on such densely populated areas.
Full article: https://news.antiwar.com/2024/05/29/israel-used-us-made-bombs-in-rafah-tent-camp-massacre/
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