Direct proof of use
Open Source Munitions Portal records three Chameleon 3 components from Khan Younis, Gaza, on 12 May 2025: a guidance control unit, a data plate, and damaged tail-kit remnants. The data-plate entry identifies the plate as fitted to an Israeli Air Force bomb guidance kit and reads the Hebrew marking as "3 Zikit", translated by OSMP as Chameleon 3.
The OSMP model page places the Chameleon 3 images in its Israel and Gaza 2023-2026 collection and classifies the set as an air-delivered, guided, air-to-surface munition documented in the Palestinian Territories. The sources support documented Israeli fielding or use in Gaza, but they do not identify the aircraft, bomb body, target, strike date, or unit involved.
Sources: OSMP 1369 Chameleon 3 data plate, OSMP Chameleon 3 model page
Recovered component set
OSMP's component-level records describe a partial guidance-kit assembly rather than a complete intact bomb. The control-unit image is described as the guidance control unit from an Israeli Chameleon 3 bomb guidance kit, while the separate tail-kit entry describes a damaged aerofoil group found with the kit. The data plate provides the clearest public designation because OSMP reads it as "3 Zikit" and identifies it as part of an Israeli Air Force guidance kit.
OSMP's analyst notes compare the kit to Israel's Lizard family and to the broader Paveway-derived modular guidance-kit lineage. Those comparisons explain the likely configuration class, but the Gaza entries remain narrower evidence: they document recovered parts, location, date, and general munition category, not a full manufacturer datasheet or operational release record.
Sources: OSMP 1368 Chameleon 3 control unit, OSMP 1369 Chameleon 3 data plate, OSMP 1370 Chameleon 3 tail kit
