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Israel used US-made bomb in deadly strike on UN school: report

A NPR investigation has found that Israel used a US-made bomb in its deadly strike on an Unrwa school in central Gaza that killed at least 40 displaced Palestinians.

Quoting current and former US defence officials who analysed an image of the bomb remnants, NPR says the munition used was a GBU-39 small-diameter bomb, reportedly the same bomb Israel used in a widely reported deadly bombing of Rafah in May.

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on an Unrwa school in Nuseirat, central Gaza on 6 June 2024 (Reuters/Abed Khaled)
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on an Unrwa school in Nuseirat, central Gaza on 6 June 2024 (Reuters/Abed Khaled)