The US has dispatched a 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs to aid Israel in its war against Hamas.
United States Dispatched Bunker Buster Bombs to Israel
According to Newsmax, the United States has dispatched a considerable amount of arsenal, including the “BLU-109” which is a 2,000-pound bunker buster bomb, to Israel to aid the ongoing conflict against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
US Officials stated that the delivery comprised approximately 15,000 bunker buster bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, beginning at the Oct. 7 attack and continuing in recent days.
The US has also sent more than 5,000 unguided Mk82 bombs, more than 5,400 Mk84 bombs, about 1,000 GBU-39 small-diameter bombs, and approximately 3,000 JDAMS, which is a guidance kit that turns unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions.
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Bunker Buster Bombs Killed Palestinians and Children
According to Aljazeera, the bunker buster bombs provided by the United States to Israel for the war on the besieged enclave killed more than 15,000 Palestinians and 6,150 children since the start of the conflict on October 7th. On the very date the war started, a sum of 1,200 were killed in the Gaza Strip.
The large bunker buster bombs made by the US have been used in some of the deadliest attacks on the Gaza Strip, including the strike that leveled an apartment block in the refugee camp, resulting in many deaths.
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