{"id":1147,"date":"2009-01-15T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iqsoft.co.in\/wordpress\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-01-15T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:50:14","slug":"israel-using-white-phosphorus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/01\/15\/israel-using-white-phosphorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel using white phosphorus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Human Rights Watch has called on Israel to stop using white phosphorus which it says has been used in military operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p>\n

The US-based group said that its researchers observed the use of the chemical, which can burn away human flesh to the bone, over Gaza City and Jabaliya\u00a0on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

“We went by Israeli artillery units that had white phosphorus rounds with the fuses in them,” Marc Garlasco, a senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Clearly it is [white phosphorus], we can tell by the explosions and the\u00a0tendrils that go down [and]\u00a0the fires that were burning,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Today there were massive attacks in Jabaliya when we were there. We saw that there were numerous fires\u00a0once the white phosphorus had gone in.”<\/p>\n

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International law permits the use\u00a0of white phopshorus as an “obscurant” to cover troop movements and prevent enemies from using certain guided weapons, but its use is controversial as it can injure people through\u00a0painful chemical burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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“Even if they are using it as an obscurant, they are using it in a very densely populated area,”\u00a0Garlasco said.<\/p>\n

“The problem is it covers such a wide area that when the white phosphorus wafers come down, over 100 in each artillery shell, they burn everything they touch and they don’t stop burning until they are done.<\/p>\n

“You are talking about skin damage, potentially homes going on fire, damage to infrastructure.”<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch said that it believed the use of the chemical in\u00a0Gaza violated the requirement under international humanitarian law to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Israeli military has previously denied using white phosphorus during the 15-day offensive in the Gaza Strip, but has said that any\u00a0munitions that it does use comply with international law.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israel used white phophorus during its 34-day war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement in 2006, while the United States used it during the controversial siege of the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israel ‘using white phosphorus’ \u00a0 \u00a0 White phophorus, fired in a shell,\u00a0can be used\u00a0to hide troop movements or illuminate\u00a0targets [AFP] \u00a0 Human Rights Watch has called on Israel to stop using white phosphorus which it says has been used in military operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip. The US-based group said that its researchers…
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