US-made munition used in Israeli strike on central Beirut, shrapnel shows

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

A US-made munition was used in a strike on central Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded 117, according to an analysis of shrapnel found by the Guardian at the scene of the attack.

The strike on Thursday night hit an apartment complex in the densely populated neighbourhood of Basta, levelling the apartment building and destroying cars and the interiors of nearby residences.

It was the deadliest strike on Lebanon’s capital city since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel started a year ago.

A first responder on the scene said rescue crews had worked overnight to find survivors and recover the dead from under rubble. They said the building had more people living there than usual as residents had recently welcomed people displaced from Israeli bombing in south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. That elevated the number of people wounded and killed in the airstrike.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/11/us-made-munition-used-in-israeli-strike-on-central-beirut-shrapnel-shows

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The remnants referred to in the article are from a JDAM guidance kit manufactured by Boeing.

[quakerboy]

1. here's my question

Why is it ok for israel to use us obtained items in other countries, but not ukraine?

[Darwins_Retriever]

2. Really, you can't tell the difference

Ukraine fighting against Russia, a nuclear power and a major threat to the US.
Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations not quite the same major threat to the US as Russia.

[OrangeJoe]

3. AIPAC. Any more questions?

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Its on us for the continued slaughter

[LymphocyteLover]

8. is it though? Not on Israel?

Because you know if we dare to cut off arms to Israel, we will get reamed by Republicans and rightwing media for caving to terrorists and lose the election and destroy our country. So it's a no-win situation.

I just hope Kamala wins and can restart the whole conversation

[Evolve Dammit]

9. I hear ya.

[Tarc]

5. Works for me.

[Aussie105]

6. Once you ship weapons overseas you have no control over how they get used.

I guess, a 'certain country' might need to rethink if they should send their weapons of war overseas to a 'certain' overseas country?

Sure, Israel needs to defend itself, but the current action doesn't appear too defensive to me.

[Steven Maurer]

7. Killed "22 people" disguises an important fact...

That this "apartment complex" was Hezbollah's Secret Police HQ. Their "Gestapo", so to speak.

And Wafiq Safa, Head of Hezbollah's Internal Security, was eliminated, as one of those "22 people".

The killed may be people. But they're hardly innocents or - in Geneva convention terms - non-combatants.