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Israel used a US weapon in a March airstrike which killed seven healthcare workers in southern Lebanon, according to a Guardian analysis of shrapnel found at the site of the attack, which was described by Human Rights Watch as a violation of international law.

Seven volunteer paramedics, aged between 18 and 25, were killed in the 27 March attack on an ambulance center belonging to the Lebanese Succor Association in the town of al-Habariyeh in south Lebanon on 27 March.

The Guardian examined the remnants of a 500lb Israeli MPR bomb and a US-manufactured Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) recovered by first responders from the scene of the attack. Pictures of the shrapnel sent by The Guardian were further verified by Human Rights Watch and an independent arms expert.

JDAMs are guidance kits produced by US aerospace company Boeing which attach to 500-2,000lb “dumb bombs” and convert them into GPS-guided precision missiles. They have been key to Israel’s war effort in Gaza and Lebanon, and have been one of the most requested munitions from the US.

Shrapnel recovered from the al-Habariyeh attack included a fragment with writing identifying it as a “bomb MPR 500”, as well as the parts of a JDAM which clip the bomb to the guidance system and remnants of its motor.

Human Rights Watch said that its own investigation concluded that the strike on the healthcare center was unlawful and should have implications for US military assistance to Israel.

“Israel’s assurances that it is using US weapons lawfully are not credible. As Israel’s conduct in Gaza and Lebanon continues to violate international law, the Biden administration should immediately suspend arms sales to Israel,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher for Human Rights Watch.

Five days after the attack on healthcare workers in Lebanon, Israel killed another seven aid workers employed by the World Central Kitchen in Gaza. This attack led to global outrage and was called a “serious mistake” by Israel.

The revelation of Israel’s use of US weaponry in an unlawful attack comes as the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is set to deliver a report to Congress on 8 May on whether he finds credible Israel’s assurances that its use of US weapons do not violate US or international Law.

The Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said that the attack on al-Habariyeh should be reflected in Blinken’s report to Congress.

“These reports are deeply concerning and must be fully investigated by the Biden administration, and their findings should certainly be included in the NSM-20 report that is due to be submitted to the Congress on May 8,” Van Hollen said in an email.

Public pressure is mounting to limit or stop US weapons transfers to Israel as more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military operation in Gaza, launched in response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack which killed 1,200 Israelis.

In Lebanon, the attack on al-Habariyah shook the country, with hundreds showing up to pay homage at the funeral of the young medical workers: twin brothers Hussein and Ahmad al-Shaar, 18; Abdulrahman al-Shaar, 19; Mohammad Hamoud, 21; Mohammad al-Farouk Aatwi, 23; Abdullah Aatwi, 24; and Baraa Abu Kaiss, 24.

The ambulance center had been set up in the small village in south Lebanon at the end of October, as cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel began to intensify.

The airstrike came without warning between 12:30 and 1am as the volunteers were on call for the night shift. No fighting had been reported in the area that day.

The 500lb bomb leveled the two-story building, with the force of the blast hurling four of the volunteers from the center and trapping three others under the rubble.

An Israeli military spokesperson said that the airstrike in al-Habariyeh killed a “prominent terrorist belonging to Jamaa Islamiya”. Jamaa Islamiya is a Lebanese Islamist political group which also has an armed wing that has fought alongside Hezbollah against Israel since 7 October.

A representative of Jamaa Islamiya said that while some of the paramedics belonged to the group, none of them were members of its armed wing.

The Guardian asked the Israel Defense Forces which of the paramedics they killed were militants and what steps the IDF took to minimise civilian harms in the strike, but received no reply.

Three first responders, as well as witnesses present during the rescue operation, said that only seven bodies were recovered from the rubble: those of the medical volunteers.

“We examined every centimeter looking for parts of bodies and their possessions. We saw nothing military-related. We knew [the victims] personally, so we could identify their remains,” Samer Hardan, the head of the local Lebanese civil defense center who participated in the rescue operation, said.

The volunteers, most of them young university students, joined the ambulance corps after the war started – out of what their parents said was a sense of duty to their community.

“I told them that it was dangerous to do this type of work, but they said that they accepted the risk. I don’t know what Israel was thinking – these were young people excited to help others,” said Kassem al-Shaar, whose twin sons Ahmad and Hussein were killed in the airstrike.

Under the 1997 Leahy law, the US defense and state departments are prohibited from providing assistance to foreign security forces when there is “credible information” that they have committed gross violations of human rights.

The Guardian reported in January that internal state department policies have spared Israel from application of that law.

A spokesperson for the US National Security Council said it was aware of reports of the attack on al-Habariyeh and that it was in touch with its Israeli counterparts to get more information.

“The US is constantly working to ensure defense articles provided by the US are being used consistent with applicable domestic and international law. If findings show violations, we take action,” the spokesperson said.

According to Josh Paul, a non-resident fellow with Democracy for the Arab World Now, a democracy and human rights non-profit, and former state department official involved in the weapons transfer process, arms transfers containing munitions like JDAMs are approved with little scrutiny.

“The state department has approved several of these transfers on a 48-hour turnaround. There is no policy concern on any munitions to Israel other than white phosphorus and cluster bombs,” Paul said.

Israel has relied heavily on US transfers of large dumb bombs, particularly the 500-2,000lb MK series, and accompanying JDAMs to fight Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to Paul, JDAMs have been some of the “key items” Israel has requested from the US in the past six months.

Human rights groups have raised concerns about Israel’s use of these dumb bombs – and the potential complicity of the US in any misuse of the weapons by retrofitting them with guidance kits.

In December, Amnesty International called on the US to stop arms transfer to Israel after it found remnants of JDAMs in two attacks in Gaza which killed more than 43 people.

Since 7 October, Israel has killed 16 medical workers in Lebanon, including 10 in a single day at the end of March. Medical personnel are protected under international law and targeting them is considered a war crime.

In the same period, 380 people have been killed in Lebanon, including 72 civilians. On the Israeli side, 11 soldiers and eight civilians have been killed.

“My sons wanted to do humanitarian work, and look what happened to them. Israel wouldn’t dare to do what they did if it wasn’t for the US standing behind them,” al-Shaar said.

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Hamas rocket vs US JDAM bomb vs Gaza’s Hospital bombing.

Israel received 2000lbs JDAM from US’s military aid this week. It seems clear to me who did it (besides the social media tweets they posted hours after celebrating it and then deleted to then say Hamas did it. Don’t believe those liars)

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F-35 Weapons Delivery Accuracy Tests

July 21, 2016: An F-35C drops a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb over China Lake Weapon Impact Range, California. This weapons test was one in a series of tests performed with the F35’s latest 3F software. Over the 31 calendar day “surge” period, the team accomplished 30 weapon releases (live fires and separations).

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Produzione di JDAM su larga scala Il Dipartimento della Difesa degli Stati Uniti (US DoD) ha aggiudicato a Boeing Co., che opera come Boeing Defence Space and Security con sede a St. Louis nel Missouri, contratto del valore di 7,49 miliardi di dollari con consegna indefinita/quantità indefinita (ID/IQ) relative le Joint Direct Attack Munitions  (JDAM). Questo contratto prevede la produzione e fornitura di kit di coda JDAM, ricambi, riparazioni, kit tecnici e kit di sensori per munizioni ad attacco diretto congiunto laser (LJDAM). I lavori di questa commessa saranno eseguiti a St. Louis nel Missouri, e si prevede che saranno completati entro il 29 febbraio 2030.

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Ukraine Faces Threat of Russian Guided Aerial Bombs - Technology Org

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Ukraine Faces Threat of Russian Guided Aerial Bombs - Technology Org

Russia is using guided aerial bombs KAB against Ukraine in huge numbers. These bombs are relatively new in service with the Russian Army, but the Air Force of Ukraine believes that the Russian KABs are a huge threat to the defenders of the country. Such bombs and the KAB-500 and its variants can destroy large objects deep in the Ukrainian positions and no air defense system can counter them reliably.

KAB-500 bombs use GLONASS navigation and can be quite accurate. Image credit: Allocer via Wikimedia (CC BY-AS 3.0)

The representative of the Air Force of Ukraine, Yuriy Ihnat, said that the Russian Army is attacking the Ukrainian positions with KAB guided bombs. Bombs like the KAB-500 have the GLONASS navigation system and can be dropped by a wide variety of Russian planes, from the MiG-35 to the Su-24.

Once dropped, they glide towards the pre-programmed target, delivering a devastating blow to military positions, defense facilities, and even just seaport infrastructure.

The KAB-500 bomb was developed at the beginning of this century. In 2003, the KAB-500S-E was already being demonstrated at various military aviation events in Russia.

These bombs were put into service only a few years ago, but the Russians already have quite a few of them. KAB-500S-E bombs were actively used against targets in Syria. Their main task is the destruction of industrial facilities, ship harbours, warehouses and fortifications.

“They made something like the Western JDAM out of the FAB-500 bomb. They attached wings to it and a control unit. The guided aerial bomb flies approximately 70 kilometers to the target,” said Ihnat. According to him, these bombs were first used in Ukraine against targets in the Kherson region.

The range of the KAB-500 bomb actually depends on launch altitude and speed. In any case, this is a 560 kg bomb with a 195 kg warhead, capable of hitting a target with a precision of 7-12 meters. Ihnat hinted that Russia could use up to 100 such bombs a day. Such a massive attack would be difficult to organize since small fighter jets typically carry just a couple of bombs of this weight.

Ihnat underlined that KAB attacks are a “serious threat” to Ukraine. He also added that the only way to stop them is to destroy the Su-35 and Su-34 planes. It would not be easy to do this, because these bombs are dropped without their carriers flying into the air defense zone of Ukraine.

“They should be countered with long-range Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems or F-16s with missiles capable of reaching the Russian Sukhois. We need to at least scare them away from our borders,” said Juriy Ihnat.

There are no air-defense systems that can reliably deal with gliding aerial bombs. And, as you might imagine, a warhead of nearly 200 kg does a lot of damage. Hopefully, Ukraine can find a way to deal with the planes that are coming close to its controlled borders.

Written by Povilas M.

Sources: Tsn.ua, Wikipedia

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‘JDAM’ dive from F-15s, ship split in two! The USA, which has been in tension with China for a while, shared an image that fell like a bomb on the world agenda. At those moments, the US military officially showed off the 'Super Power' of Asia. Very striking images came from the US army, which has been on the agenda with the 'Spy Balloon' tension with China for a while. Those images were watched by millions of people on the internet in a short time. The clip, which was published, included the moments when a ship in the Gulf of Mexico was hit. Shortly after the footage was recorded, F-15s entered the frame. The aircraft, which moved to the JDAM (direct attack) position, bombarded the ship and split it in two. Sunk in 40 Seconds After the bombardment, the ship started to take on water. The last moments of the ship, which sank within seconds, were captured on a camera in the cabin, moment by moment. The cost of sinking the ship, which was reported

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Happy Independence Day, Ukraine: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk signs a US-supplied JDAM-ER mounted to a Ukrainian Su-27, Ukraine, 2023. Source: OSINTtechnical

P.S.JDAM-ER, developed by Boeing and DSTO, is a long-range GPS-guided bomb capable of hitting targets more than 72km away.

The Russian imperialists do not know it yet, but the fortifications of the Russian army and all the Russians sitting in them will have a bitter end...

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The US is providing Ukraine with kits which effectively convert dumb bombs into smart bombs.

The US is providing Ukraine a long-range GPS-guided Jdam-ER bomb kit that’s capable of hitting targets 70 kilometers away, industry officials told Bloomberg. The Jdam-ER can be bolted on unguided bombs ranging from 230 to 910 kg.

JDAM-ER = Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended-Range. 

Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

Ukraine is reportedly set to receive the U.S.-made Joint Direct Attack Munition — Extended Range, or JDAM-ER, an air-launched precision-guided bomb with a supplemental wing kit that means it can hit targets at around 45 miles. The disclosure follows previous announcements that the JDAM was headed to Ukraine as part of the supply of arms flowing there from the United States and its allies. Until now, however, it had been expected that a more basic version of the munition would likely be supplied, with a much more limited standoff range.

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As well as opening up a new range of Russian targets to the Ukrainian Air Force, including second-echelon rear areas beyond the front lines, the JDAM-ER should help keep the launch aircraft further away from much of the deadliest Russian ground-based air defense systems. The presence of these — as well as Russian fighter jets with long-range air-to-air missiles — has forced the Ukrainian Air Force to fly most of its offensive missions at extremely low levels, for their own safety. This, in turn, makes it harder to hit targets and greatly reduces the range of any munitions that are launched. As we noted in the past, this would also have had an effect on JDAMs, which achieve their standoff range through launch at higher altitudes and at high speeds.

So the JDAM-ER allows Ukraine to fire heavier munitions at Russian invaders from safer distances.

The quick acting Ukrainian Air Force survived the initial assault by Russia a year ago and has prevented the invaders from gaining air superiority over Ukraine. Now those jets can fire JDAM-ER equipped missiles at the enemy in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

This is an effective move. Give Ukraine whatever it wants except nukes.

Russia is still trying to gaslight the rest of the world through its dupes like Tucker Carlson. When the slippery Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed at a conference in India that Ukraine launched the war against Russia, the audience responded with laughter.

The war will not end until Russia is forced to end it.

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Hamas rocket vs US JDAM bomb vs Gaza’s Hospital bombing.

Israel received 2000lbs JDAM from US’s military aid this week. It seems clear to me who did it (besides the social media tweets they posted hours after celebrating it and then deleted to then say Hamas did it. Don’t believe those liars)

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HAPPENING NOW: We're blocking all entrances to Boeing Building 598 outside St. Louis, the facility that manufactures Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) and Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs for Israel to drop on Gaza. If politicians won't block the bombs, WE WILL!!

We DEMAND Congress and @potus call for an immediate ceasefire and stop arms sales and funding to Israel. We call on all communities to take direct action to shut down Boeing and other companies that profit from Israel's genocide and occupation.

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WE SHUT IT DOWN !! All workers have been sent home and deliveries stopped at @boeing building 598.

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Kit JDAM per il Canada Il Dipartimento di Stato di Washington ha deciso di approvare una possibile vendita militare straniera (FMS) al Governo del Canada di kit congiunti di munizioni per attacco diretto e relativi elementi logistici e di supporto al programma per un costo stimato di 96,4 milioni di dollari. La Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DASCA), Agenzia per la cooperazione e la sicurezza della difesa, ha consegnato la certificazione richiesta notificando al Congresso questa possibile vendita. La Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DASCA), Agenzia per la cooperazione e la sicurezza della difesa, ha consegnato la certificazione richiesta notificando al Congresso questa possibile vendita. Il Governo

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i'm so confused

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