What government acknowledged “accidental” use of banned war chemical white phosphorus?
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”. It said the Israeli military used white phosphorus in a “deliberate or reckless” way. The report says: Israel was aware of the dangers of white phosphorus. It chose not to use alternative and less dangerous smoke shells. In one case, Israel even ignored repeated warnings from UN staff before hitting the main UN compound in Gaza with white phosphorus shells on 15 January. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/25-9 The unlawful use of white phosphorus was neither incidental nor accide
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”. It said the Israeli military used white phosphorus in a “deliberate or reckless” way. The report says: Israel was aware of the dangers of white phosphorus. It chose not to use alternative and less dangerous smoke shells. In one case, Israel even ignored repeated warnings from UN staff before hitting the main UN compound in Gaza with white phosphorus shells on 15 January. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/25-9 The unlawful use of white phosphorus was neither incidental nor accide
