Direct proof of use
The SPICE 1000/Mk 83 guided-bomb configuration is directly documented in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War through the Open Source Munitions Portal's Gaza records. OSMP's SPICE 1000 model page describes the munition as a Rafael-made Israeli guidance kit for 1,000-pound air-delivered bombs and states that it has seen widespread Israeli Air Force use in Gaza in recent years.
The clearest dated Gaza-specific record is OSMP1046, dated December 22, 2024, from Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. OSMP identifies the item as an air-delivered, air-to-surface guided munition fragment with the tentative model "SPICE 1000 kit," and its analyst note says the image shows a wing fragment from a SPICE-1000 bomb guidance kit.
Sources: OSMP SPICE 1000 Model Page, OSMP1046 Deir al-Balah SPICE 1000 Record
Timeline
OSMP's Israel and Gaza 2023-2026 collection covers munition images from Israel and the Gaza Strip from October 2023 and includes SPICE 1000 kit among the models in the collection. The collection describes Israeli forces as having deployed tens of thousands of airstrikes during the war, while Palestinian armed groups continued rocket and mortar fire.
On December 22, 2024, the OSMP1046 image record placed a SPICE-1000 kit fragment in Deir al-Balah. That record is the page's dated milestone because it connects the specific SPICE 1000 kit, the Gaza location, the air-to-surface role, and a functioned munition fragment in one public image record.
Sources: OSMP Israel and Gaza Collection, OSMP1046 Deir al-Balah SPICE 1000 Record
Use in Gaza
The supported role is Israeli air-delivered stand-off precision strike in Gaza. Rafael and ARES describe SPICE 1000 as a bolt-on guidance kit for 1,000-pound bombs such as the Mk 83 or MPR 1000, using electro-optical guidance and deployable wings. OSMP1046 links that kit family to a Gaza remnant rather than to a complete sortie record or a named target.
The public evidence separates use from broader possession or transfer claims. OSMP documents a SPICE-1000 kit component in Deir al-Balah and its model page attributes recent Gaza use to the Israeli Air Force; it does not identify the releasing aircraft, target, battle-damage result, or the complete bomb-body markings for OSMP1046. The analyst note infers a Mk 83-series 1,000-pound bomb or similar because that bomb class is paired with the SPICE-1000 kit to form the complete munition.
Sources: Rafael SPICE 1000 Brochure, ARES Mark 80 Guidance Kits, OSMP SPICE 1000 Model Page, OSMP1046 Deir al-Balah SPICE 1000 Record
