Friday March 27, 2009
Israel accused of indiscriminate phosphorus use in Gaza
Rory McCarthy
The Guardian
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 Gaza repeatedly 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".
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