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ID

OSMP555

Date

6 June 2024

Source

Reported Location

Year

Munition Category

Functional use

Tentative Model

Research Organisation

Base Colour

Condition

Mechanical Feature

Guidance

Domain

Weight Class

Analyst Note

The remnant pictured here is part of a Small Diameter Bomb actuator assembly (‘Tail Actuation Section’), which moves the four tail-fin control surfaces which alter the course of the munition in flight. (ARES)

External Research

CNN

“US-made munitions were used in a deadly Israeli airstrike on a United Nations-run school in central Gaza on Thursday where Palestinians were sheltering, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and review by an explosive weapons expert has found.”

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Armament Research Services (ARES)

“The tail actuation section … is located at the farthest point of the munition from the bomb body and explosive content. The tail actuation section is often found partly or largely intact following the munition’s functioning. This section contains the thermal battery and four fins, some or all of which may be damaged or absent.”

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Airwars

"On the night of Thursday, June 6th, 2024, a declared Israeli airstrike hit the “Al-Sardi” Preparatory Boys’ School in Camp 2, located in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. The school, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), was being used as a shelter for displaced persons at the time of the bombing. According to multiple reports, the airstrike destroyed three classrooms where families were sleeping with their children, resulting in 37 to 45 fatalities, including a significant number of women and children, and dozens of injuries."

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Citations

6 September 2024

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