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Israel confirms bunker-buster bombs used in attack on Nasrallah
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF releases images showing F-15i fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force’s 69th Squadron taking off from Hatzerim Airbase to carry out the assassination of Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Friday.
Dozens of bunker-busting bombs were dropped by the fighter jets on Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut in the attack, according to the military.
According to an analyst cited by the New York Times, the eight F-15I jets were equipped with at least 15 2,000-pound munitions with an American-made precision guidance system that attaches to bombs.