Aerial view of the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. Photo taken from the embassy's X account.
After Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of missiles at Israel on Wednesday night, Israeli media raised the unprecedented possibility of a U.S. involvement in the war in Lebanon, suggesting strikes on the Bekaa.This is not entirely far-fetched. Hezbollah is taking part in the broader Israeli-U.S. war against its Iranian backer. Some observers say the U.S. military could be useful to Israel because it possesses more advanced bunker-busting weapons capable of destroying deeply buried rocket storage sites. But how realistic is such a scenario?The United States, indeed, has huge penetrator bombs that can reach depths that no other country can, Jason Campbell, a senior researcher at the Middle East Institute, told L'Orient Today.Some of these bombs were used by the United States during the 12-day war with Iran in 2025 against underground...
After Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of missiles at Israel on Wednesday night, Israeli media raised the unprecedented possibility of a U.S. involvement in the war in Lebanon, suggesting strikes on the Bekaa.This is not entirely far-fetched. Hezbollah is taking part in the broader Israeli-U.S. war against its Iranian backer. Some observers say the U.S. military could be useful to Israel because it possesses more advanced bunker-busting weapons capable of destroying deeply buried rocket storage sites. But how realistic is such a scenario?The United States, indeed, has huge penetrator bombs that can reach depths that no other country can, Jason Campbell, a senior researcher at the Middle East Institute, told L'Orient Today.Some of these bombs were used by the United States during the 12-day war with Iran in 2025 against underground...
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