Unprecedented New View of BLU-109 Bunker Buster Strike That Killed Hezbollah’s Leadership
8th February 2025
Read it. And by all means watch the video.
Closed-circuit television video has emerged offering a new very up-close and personal view of the large-scale and highly-coordinated Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s command bunker in Dahieh, a southern Beirut suburb and a stronghold of the militant organization, on September 27th, 2024. GBU-31/B Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs with BLU-109/B bunker-busting warheads were the primary weapon used for this attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as other top officials. It has been reported that dozens of civilians were killed and hundreds more were wounded in the attack.
The decapitation strike aimed at the large bunker buried beneath a residential area was one of the key operations that sent the Iranian-backed militant group far off kilter, allowing for Israel’s air and ground operations to have a far greater effect than they would have otherwise while limiting Hezbollah’s ability to respond in kind. The pager and walkie-talkie sabotage operation that preceded this strike was another.
Hezbollah remains heavily degraded today with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, a key ally outside of Tehran, being another massive blow that came months later.