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according to reports from reuters and nbc, us senator mark kelly of arizona stated in an interview with nbc on september 29, local time, that israel used us-made mk-84 bombs to attack beirut, the capital of lebanon. killed hezbollah leader nasrallah. reuters stated that kelly's remarks marked the first time that the united states stated what kind of weapons the israeli military used in this attack.

mark kelly

kelly told nbc that the us-made mk-84 bomb used to attack nasrallah weighed 2,000 pounds. "that was a guided weapon, and i'm pretty sure that was the guided weapon that was used in this incident," he said.

according to reuters, kelly also mentioned, "we are seeing more and more use of guided bombs such as jdam, and we continue to provide these weapons (to israel)."

on the evening of september 27, lebanese hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah was killed in an israeli air strike. previously, senior israeli officials had also revealed the details of the israeli attack on nasrallah. according to a report by the new york times on september 28, a senior israeli official revealed that israel began to track nasrallah several months before this operation. according to the report, two senior israeli officials also revealed that during the attack on nasrallah, the israeli army dropped more than 80 bombs in a few minutes. however, they did not disclose relevant information such as the weight and model of the bomb. the new york times stated that israeli officials cited intelligence information that hezbollah discovered nasrallah’s body on the morning of the 28th.

it is worth noting that according to cctv international news, after nasrallah was killed in the attack, the israeli military spokesman refused to comment on "the mk-84 bomb made in the united states was used to attack the leader of lebanese hezbollah nasrallah." pull” commented. a single mk-84 bomb weighs 2,000 pounds (approximately 907 kilograms). in june this year, u.s. officials revealed that since the outbreak of the new round of palestinian-israeli conflict on october 7 last year, the united states has shipped at least 14,000 mk-84 bombs to israel, as well as a large number of bombs each weighing 500 pounds (approximately 227 kilograms). bombs and precision-guided hellfire air-to-surface missiles.