The United States is supplying arms for the Israeli occupation to use against Lebanese civilians; in a non-isolated incident, remnants of US munitions were found at the site of an airstrike.The Guardian found the tail fin of a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), a guidance system that converts conventional bombs into precision-guided weapons. The munition, confirmed by Human Rights Watch’s crisis, conflict, and arms division, was one of many used in the Israeli aggression on Lebanon. A similar device was found in a previous airstrike that killed 22 people in Beirut.The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on the city of Nabatieh has left widespread destruction, with its open-air market, built in 1910, now lying in ruins among many of its homes, shops, and buildings.
Hussein Jaber, the head of Nabatieh’s Civil Defense station, walked through the rubble of shattered concrete and twisted metal, surveying the devastation of a marketplace that once served not just the city but surrounding towns as well, The Guardian reported.
“When we were kids, everyone would come here to buy their things. This market wasn’t just for Nabatieh, but for all the villages around,” he told the British newspaper.
Notably, however, among the children’s clothing, computer parts, and numerous other goods sold in the market-turned-rubbled, was a fragment of a US-made munition used by the Israeli occupation forces to sow destruction in the southern Lebanese city.
The Guardian found the tail fin of a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), a guidance system that converts conventional bombs into precision-guided weapons. The munition, confirmed by Human Rights Watch’s crisis, conflict, and arms division, was one of many used in the Israeli aggression on Lebanon. A similar device was found in a previous airstrike that killed 22 people in Beirut.
Nabatieh, the second most populated city in southern Lebanon, is now nearly empty, with its main demographic today consisting of medical workers and the elderly who are limited in mobility and were unable to leave. The United Nations estimates that a quarter of Lebanon’s territory is now under Israeli evacuation orders.
One of the most tragic strikes occurred on Wednesday when Israeli airstrikes hit the city’s municipal headquarters, killing members of Nabatieh’s crisis cell, including Mayor Ahmad Kahil. The team was in the process of distributing aid when the bombs struck.

In a separate attack, a building just 100 meters from the Civil Defense station was hit, killing Naji Fahs, a first responder with 22 years of service. Overall, the strikes claimed 16 lives and left 52 others wounded that day.
Medical officials have reported that over 115 healthcare workers and emergency responders have been killed by Israeli forces since October of last year, with the majority of these casualties occurring in the past month.

Al Mayadeen report