In an investigative exposé by The Wall
Street Journal, clandestine revelations unfurl, asserting that the United
States has clandestinely furnished Israel with an arsenal of formidable
weaponry, including the deployment of 'bunker buster' bombs, in the protracted
theatre of conflict that is the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
Unattributed sources within the US
government have disclosed that a cache of 100 BLU-109 bombs has been
clandestinely conferred upon Israel, characterized by their intrinsic capacity
to infiltrate reinforced structures before unleashing their explosive might.
These mammoth projectiles, each wielding a
warhead in excess of 900 kilograms (equivalent to a staggering 1,980 pounds),
bear a historical provenance, having previously been unleashed by the United
States in combat theaters such as the protracted conflict in Afghanistan.
The munificent supply of arms, however,
does not culminate with the bestowal of bunker busters alone. The meticulously
compiled report indicates an ostensible deluge of military largesse,
encompassing a staggering 15,000 bombs and an astronomical 57,000 155mm
artillery shells, predominantly ferried across the globe on the formidable
wings of C-17 military cargo planes.
This formidable armamentarium further
encompasses over 5,000 unguided Mk82 bombs, an excess of 5,400 Mk84 bombs,
approximately 1,000 GBU-39 small-diameter bombs, and an estimated 3,000 Joint
Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) — a sophisticated guidance kit that imparts
precision-guidance capabilities to erstwhile unguided munitions.
Unlike the routine pronouncements and
disclosures emanating from the United States regarding arms provisioning
vis-à-vis the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, an aura of conspicuous reticence
permeates the Pentagon's official communiqués with regard to the extent of its
military support for Israel. This enigmatic influx of arms coincides with a
crescendo of global censure against Israeli military operations in Gaza, a
strife-ridden enclave where the harrowing toll of human lives has now eclipsed
15,000, with a distressing 6,150 children among the tragic casualties.
The exposé casts an illuminating spotlight
on the utilization of these high-caliber, penetrating ordnances, engendering a
maelstrom of concerns and inquiries pertaining to the continual stream of US
armaments into Israel's military arsenal. Journalist Heidi Zhou-Castro,
reporting for Al Jazeera, posits that these formidable bombs, hitherto
relegated to deployment in expansive, open terrains such as Afghanistan, Iraq,
and Syria, are now being repurposed in the densely populated crucible of the
Gaza Strip.
The congressional echelons have thus been
galvanized into scrutinizing the prudence of perpetuating the supply chain of
these 'bunker busters,' with skeptics contending that their application in
Gaza's urban milieu harbors an ominous potential for the escalation of civilian
casualties.
Despite the crescendoing international
clamor for an unequivocal ceasefire, the United States unabashedly persists in
proffering unwavering support to Israel's belligerent endeavors. The diplomatic
rhetoric emanating from Washington ostensibly proclaims an entreaty to Israel
to exercise restraint and circumspection in a bid to curtail civilian
casualties, even as the conflagration endures and Gaza's pivotal healthcare
facilities find themselves ensnared within the crucible of siege.
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