(CNN)The windows blew open. The building shook. At 1:30 a.m. local time Friday, a resident of al-Bukamal, a city near the Syrian-Iraqi border, was jarred from his sleep. Speaking under the condition of anonymity for security reasons, he told CNN the explosions were unlike anything he had heard before.
What he likely heard was the sound of seven 500-pound bombs slamming into a compound near the border. The compound, according to the Pentagon, was used by two Iranian-affiliated Iraqi militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada.
Before-and-after satellite images released by Maxar Technologies, a space technology company, show vividly just how much destruction those bombs wrought.
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WNU Editor: Cannot tell much from the satellite image. The buildings look small, and they were destroyed.
The planes that were used for this airstrike were F-15E Strike Eagles, and seven 500-pound bombs were released .... U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle jets used in strikes against Iran-backed militias, Pentagon says (Washington Times).