The United States of America faces a dilemma in Gaza. While Washington demands that Israel spare civilians the scourge of war, it supplies it with bombs weighing 2,000 pounds.

The United States supplied Israel with large bunker-busting bombs, among tens of thousands of other weapons and artillery shells.

Officials told the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" that the flow of weapons, including approximately 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, began shortly after the attack on October 7 and continued until the last days.

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The United States did not previously disclose the total number of weapons it sent to Israel nor the transfer of 100 BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs, which weigh 2,000 pounds, according to the newspaper.

The airlift of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of munitions, especially on C-17 military cargo planes flying from the United States to Tel Aviv, demonstrates the diplomatic challenge facing Joe Biden's administration, as the United States demands that Israel ensure that major casualties are prevented. among civilians while supplying it with many ammunition.

 Brian Finucane, a senior adviser to the non-profit International Crisis Team and a former adviser to the US State Department, told the newspaper: “This appears to contradict the appeals from (US Secretary of State Antony) Blinken and others to use bombs with explosives.” Smaller diameter".

BLU-109 bunker buster bomb

In contrast to the war in Ukraine, where the United States has been publishing updated information about some of the weapons it has provided to support Kiev in its fight against the Russian military operation, Washington has not revealed much about the number and types of weapons it has sent to Israel during the current conflict.

American officials indicated that the failure to disclose these weapons is due to the fact that the weapons pass through a different mechanism, including military sales, and Israel is also one of the largest beneficiaries of American military aid, receiving military aid amounting to $3.8 billion annually.

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Among the munitions provided by the United States to Israel are more than 5,000 unguided bombs, which are known as “dumb” bombs because they cannot be guided precisely to their target, and more than 5,400 bombs equipped with MK84 warheads, weighing 2,000 pounds, And about 1,000 GBU-39 small-diameter bombs, and about 3,000 assault munitions, which convert unguided bombs into guided “smart” bombs, according to an internal weapons list.

BLU-109 bunker buster bomb

The BLU-109 bunker-buster bomb carries a 2,000-pound warhead and is designed to penetrate concrete shelters. It was used by the US Army in the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan.

Analysts expected that Israel would use these bombs to strike Hamas's extensive tunnel network in Gaza.

The Wall Street Journal indicated that the United States has also provided Israel with approximately 57,000 155-caliber artillery shells, which it is also providing to Ukraine, since the beginning of the war with Russia in 2022, along with thousands of other artillery shells and various small weapons. .