Bombs used in the Israeli strike on a displaced persons camp in Rafah that killed dozens of Palestinians have been identified as being manufactured in the United States, according to weapons experts and visual evidence reviewed by The New York Times.
Debris from the strike included remnants of a GBU-39 bomb, which is designed and made in the U.S.
American officials have advocated for Israel to use the bomb, claiming it minimizes civilian casualties.
Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician, identified the bomb by its tail and unique bolt pattern.
‘I instantly knew the housing was a GBU,’ Ball told CBS News. ‘I’ve seen a lot of them in this conflict, and I’ve even gone back and looked at past conflicts just to get an idea of what ordinance Israel has used in the past when I started looking into this, and it’s a very distinct object, the GBU. It’s a very unique round.’
