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9 Lug 2024

Author:
Ali Jadallah, Truthout

I/OPT: Bombs manufactured by Boeing identified in Rafah massacre

"Israel Dropped US-Made Boeing Bombs in Rafah Tent Camp Massacre" 29th May 2024

Israel used U.S.-made bombs in its attack on a camp of displaced Palestinians outside Rafah that killed dozens on Sunday night...

Humanitarian groups had condemned the Israeli strike, which killed at least 45, mostly women and children, and injured more than 240... An expert at the Council on American-Islamic Relations called it a “U.S.-backed massacre.”...

eapons experts identified remnants of GBU-39s, which are relatively small bombs designed and manufactured by Boeing in the U.S...

The news outlets indicated that at least some of the parts for the GBU-39s were also manufactured in the U.S., which experts were able to determine thanks to visible serial numbers and unique identifier codes. The Times cited Woodward, an aerospace manufacturer based in Colorado, as a manufacturer of one of the parts...

The Israelis have said they used 37-pound bombs,” John Kirby, a White House spokesperson, said...“If it is in fact what they used, it is certainly indicative of an effort to be discreet and targeted and precise.”...

International condemnation of Israel, including an International Court of Justice ruling that Israel must stop its offensive in Rafah, hasn’t stopped the U.S. from supporting the war effort....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Sunday attack a “tragic mistake” ...

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