Monday, August 26, 2013

(Flashback) Israel accused of indiscriminate phosphorus use in Gaza


Human Rights Watch report claims Israel committed war crimes in its use of air-burst white phosphorus artillery shells.

Israel's military fired white phosphorus over crowded areas of Gazarepeatedly and indiscriminately in its three-week war, killing and injuring civilians and committing war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.

In a 71-page report, the rights group said the repeated use of air-burst white phosphorus artillery shells in populated areas of Gaza was not incidental or accidental, but revealed "a pattern or policy of conduct" .... http://www.theguardian.com