Israeli warplanes launched on Friday evening an unprecedented attack on southern Beirut, destroying six buildings over the heads of their inhabitants.
Local sources affirmed that at least six to seven residential buildings were levelled to the ground during the attack.
A Lebanese security source said the ordnance used by Israel in its latest attack on Beirut is a “very new type of bomb” – the GBU-72.
The weapon is “an advanced 5,000-pound [2,200kg] bunker buster that was created in 2021”, the source added.
#Lebanon: More footage of the latest massacre that was just carried out by the Israeli army in Beirut.
Local sources said the attack claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians. pic.twitter.com/GPOYs0iG0t
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The bomb has not been used in the past for the “same objective”, he said, suggesting Israel wanted to “confirm the kill and wanted to make sure nobody is going to be alive”.
It was dropped with a fraction of delay, which allowed the bomb to reach the bunker under the ground and bring down entire structures.
“We’re talking about four to six buildings, that is several bombs of this calibre used against one target. It means it was a very high, valuable target – as the Israelis believe it was.”
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati says Israel’s attacks on Beirut’s southern suburb show it “does not care” about efforts to bring about a ceasefire.
Mikati’s press office sent a statement while he was in New York for the UN General Assembly where the US and other countries made a call for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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