US EditionIran, Hezbollah Unleash Coordinated Cluster Bomb Strikes on Israel
Hezbollah and Iran launched simultaneous cluster munition attacks to breach Israel's air defenses, marking an escalation on day 11 of a joint U.S.-Israeli campaign, analysts said.
- On Tuesday, Iran and Hezbollah launched a coordinated barrage of cluster munitions aimed at overwhelming Israel's air defences during day 11 of Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.
- Hezbollah's preparations reflect lessons from its last war, amid US-Israeli attacks that killed more than 1300 people in Iran and at least 570 in Lebanon, while the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions bans these weapons.
- Technical details show cluster-munition warheads burst at high altitude scattering lethal bomblets, and Hezbollah's Radwan fighters have returned as half the missiles are hard to defend against, Fox News correspondent Nate Foy reported.
- The IDF responded by launching airstrikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs, while the Pentagon reported 140 US servicemembers wounded and seven killed in the first 10 days, also destroying 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels.
- A senior Iranian official warned Donald Trump amid reports Iran began laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, while US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be the most intense day of strikes affecting the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait.
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Hezbollah fully joins Iran to launch coordinated cluster bombs at Israel · American Wire News
The use of widely condemned munitions against Israel was reported after a “very well coordinated” strike, indicating a terrorist proxy of Iran has “fully joined the war.” Nearly two weeks after Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion (the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran) began, the conflict continues to rage throughout the Middle East. Tuesday, this included reports that Hezbollah was coordinating with Iran for their own attacks a…
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