{"id":67352,"date":"2024-06-06T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/video-analysis-shows-israeli-strike-used-bomb-that-appeared-to-be-u-s-made\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:51:08","slug":"video-analysis-shows-israeli-strike-used-bomb-that-appeared-to-be-u-s-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/video-analysis-shows-israeli-strike-used-bomb-that-appeared-to-be-u-s-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Analysis Shows Israeli Strike Used Bomb That Appeared to Be U.S.-Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/06\/world\/middleeast\/gbu39\/gbu39-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Video Analysis Shows Israeli Strike Used Bomb That Appeared to Be U.S.-Made\" title=\"Video Analysis Shows Israeli Strike Used Bomb That Appeared to Be U.S.-Made\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least one bomb used in the Israeli strike that killed dozens of people, including women and children, in a United Nations school building on Thursday appeared to have been made in the United States, according to a weapons expert and videos reviewed by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The school, located in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, was being<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>used as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians. The Israeli military said it had targeted classrooms that were occupied by Palestinian militants, though it did not provide evidence for this claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A video of munitions debris, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C72vONwp_6s\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filmed<\/a> by the Palestinian journalist Emad Abu Shawiesh, shows remnants of a GBU-39 bomb, which is designed and manufactured by Boeing. The use of this weapon in the strike was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-06-06-24\/h_f6c9aeab1e007283cb2a603314d6852f\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The footage was uploaded to Instagram shortly after 4 a.m. in Gaza on Thursday, about two and a half hours after the strike was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Palestinapremiazkoa\/835989\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on Telegram, a messaging app. The Times, using details seen in videos, confirmed the weapon debris was filmed at the U.N. school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/easybakeovensz\/status\/1798643856759791650\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">identified<\/a> the part of the weapon seen in the footage as the nose of a GBU-39. \u201cThis distinct nose is unique to the GBU-39 munition series, and, due to its solid construction<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">,<\/strong> it can survive the blast intact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The holes visible across several floors of the U.N. compound also suggest the use of a smaller precision-guided munition like the GBU-39, Mr. Ball added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The school was previously attacked on May 14, when Israel said that it had killed 15 militants there; it is possible that some of the damage or even the GBU-39 nose tip seen on Thursday could have been left by that strike. But multiple videos filmed in the aftermath of the strike showed mattresses, clothes and cans of food covered in rubble near the strike zone in one of the classrooms, indicating the damage was new. In one of these videos, a man can be seen recovering body parts of those who were killed and holding up a severed finger to the<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said its fighter jets had targeted three classrooms in a school building that held 20 to 30 Palestinian militants affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a smaller militia also backed by Iran.<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, claimed the militants had used the compound to plan attacks on Israeli forces, although he did not provide specific examples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The compound that was hit had been operated by UNRWA, the main U.N. body that aids Palestinians in Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini, the director of UNRWA, wrote on social media that 6,000 Palestinians had been sheltering in the school complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Khalil Daqran, a spokesman for Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza city of Deir al Balah, said the bodies of at least 40 people killed in the attack had been brought to the hospital. At least some of the victims were women, children and older people, he added, although he declined to provide a precise figure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Colonel Lerner, the Israeli military spokesman, said he was \u201cnot aware of any civilian casualties\u201d as a result of the strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. officials have been encouraging the Israeli military for months to use GBU-39s, which weigh at least 250 pounds, rather than <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/100000009208814\/israel-gaza-bomb-civilians.html\" title=\"\">larger 2,000-pound bombs<\/a> because they are generally more precise. But this is the second time in less than two weeks that dozens of Palestinians have been killed by this specific type of bomb. On May 26, 45 people were killed in another camp for displaced people, also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/29\/world\/middleeast\/israel-us-rafah-bombs.html\" title=\"\">by GBU-39 bombs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wes Bryant, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant and targeting expert who served on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NSM20-TF-Report-_-Final.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a task force<\/a> critical of Israel\u2019s use of weapons in Gaza, told The Times that the precision and low-collateral intent of these bombs were undermined if not used correctly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhile they\u2019re using smaller bombs, they\u2019re still deliberately targeting where they know there are civilians,\u201d Mr. Bryant said. \u201cThe only thing they\u2019ve done in going down from 2,000-pound bombs to 250-pound bombs is killing a few less civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Nader Ibrahim<!-- --> contributed reporting. <!-- -->Ainara Tiefenth\u00e4ler<!-- --> contributed video production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/06\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-strike-us-bomb.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one bomb used in the Israeli strike that killed dozens of people, including women and children, in a United Nations school building on Thursday appeared to have been made in the United States, according to a weapons expert and videos reviewed by The New York Times. 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