A US senator said on Sunday that the bomb Israel used to kill Hezbollah leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week was a US-made guided weapon.

Mark Kelly, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Air Lands Subcommittee, said Israel used a 2,000-pound (900 kg) Mark 84 series bomb during an interview with NBC. His statement is the first American indication of what weapon was used.

“We see increased use of guided munitions, JDAMs, and we continue to deliver those weapons,” Kelly said, using an acronym that stands for Joint Direct Attack Weapons. “The 2,000-pound bomb that was used to take out Nasrallah is a Mark 84 series bomb.”

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had killed Nasrallah in an attack on the group’s central command headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israeli military has declined to comment on what weapons were used in the attack. The Pentagon was not immediately available for comment.

JDAMs convert a standard unguided bomb into a guided weapon using fins and a GPS guidance system. The United States is Israel’s longtime ally and largest arms supplier.

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