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Guardian: Israel accused after Palestinian boys burned by mystery canister

Posted on: June 3, 2011

3 June 2011 | The Guardian

Military experts say unidentified devices found in West Bank may have contained outlawed white phosphorus.

The Israeli army has been accused of leaving dangerous munitions near Palestinian homes after two boys were seriously burnt when they picked up a mysterious silver canister which exuded toxic white fumes.

A second canister, discovered nearby less than a week later, was destroyed by the army in a controlled explosion

The army does not deny leaving the devices, … Continue reading


Updated on June 8, 2011
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Israel snubs UN Gaza war inquiry

Posted on: April 17, 2009
Israel snubs UN Gaza war inquiry

Al Jazeera

16 April 2009

An Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson has confirmed to Al Jazeera that it will not co-operate with a United Nations investigation into alleged war crimes during the 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip.

Up to 1,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed before Israel ended the offensive in January.

Thirteen Israelis, 10 of them soldiers, were killed during the same period.

The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Richard Goldstone, a South African judge and … Continue reading


Updated on April 18, 2009
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Human Rights Watch decries Israel’s use of white phosphorus in report

Posted on: March 25, 2009
Rain of Fire: Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza

Human Rights Watch

Rain of Fire: Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza
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Summary

This report documents Israel’s extensive use of white phosphorus munitions during its 22-day military operations in Gaza, from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009, named Operation Cast Lead. Based on in-depth investigations in Gaza, the report concludes that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) repeatedly exploded white phosphorus munitions in the … Continue reading


Updated on April 18, 2009
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When a second home isn’t due to wealth

Posted on: March 14, 2009
J and L's kids - still alive because they've abandoned their house

Sharon Lock | Tales To Tell

Excerpts from Sharon Lock’s blog

We were visiting hospital dietitian S’s family in Al Fukhary. They all fled their home during the attacks, except for S’s dad who stayed behind to confront the tanks. And literally did – S shows us where the tanks got to: the back garden. At this point, his dad went to the back door and looked the solider in the tank in the eye. The soldier in the tank looked back. … Continue reading


Updated on March 14, 2009
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Amnesty: Evidence of misuse of US-weapons reinforces need for arms embargo

Posted on: February 23, 2009
Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Both Israel and Hamas used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians, Amnesty International said today as it released fresh evidence on the munitions used during the three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel and called on the UN to impose a comprehensive arms embargo.

“Israeli forces used white phosphorus and other weapons supplied by the USA to carry out serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes. Their attacks resulted in the death of hundreds of children and other civilians and massive destruction … Continue reading


Updated on March 15, 2009
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The Al Haddad family’s story: nothing left but ashes

Posted on: February 8, 2009
Mazin Al Haddad shows me pieces of phosphorous bombs

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell

6 February 2009

You remember the Nadeems (I must ring and ask them how Firas’s knee operation went so I can tell you) who tried to escape from the Israel’s attacks on Tela Howa in their car, but it wouldn’t start. Also on January 15, an hour or so afterwards at about 10.15am, their neighbours the Al Haddads tried to escape in their car.

They only got a few yards.

The Kabariti family told me about this, because … Continue reading


Updated on February 10, 2009
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To the sound of F16s

Posted on: February 3, 2009
Hassan and Halil: two of the 30 injured medics; 21 were killed

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell

I’m told the bursts of noise that are currently shaking the net cafe a little are probably F16 sonic booms and not rockets, so that’s nice! Last night’s attacks involved seven rockets on the tunnel/border area of Rafah and a strike on an empty police station in Gaza city.

The military said Sunday’s attacks were the beginning of a new wave of raids over Gaza, but did not elaborate… Ehud Olmert, Israel’s out-going prime minister, said that the … Continue reading


Updated on February 3, 2009
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White phosphorus damage in al-Faraheen

Posted on: February 1, 2009

31st January 2009

Footage of a house in Al Faraheen village, damaged during the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Video shows the upper floor of the house shelled and burnt. Remains of the shell casing – marked “155m M825E1” – apparently a projectile for deploying white phosphorous – and a substance suspected to be white phosphorous were filmed and collected by ISM volunteers.


Updated on February 2, 2009
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Reem’s Story

Posted on: January 22, 2009
Reem, 21 years old

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell

Today I met with my friend Reem. She is 21 and works with Mercycorps, and we met when she came to interview me after I arrived on the initial FreeGaza trip. She was so bright and sparkly then, and I know that is still in her somewhere, but right now she is very fragile. She didn’t realise I was back in the country until last Wednesday, when her family was one of the many fleeing attack to Al Quds … Continue reading


Updated on January 22, 2009
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Gaza film shows white phosphorus from alleged Israeli attack

Posted on: January 21, 2009

Two more videos shot by the International Solidarity Movement taken by The Guardian as proof of use of banned weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Robert Booth | The Guardian

Ayman al Najar, 13, tells how he lost his sister, grandfather and cousin in a bomb attack

The Guardian has obtained vivid footage of the effect of white phosphorus allegedly used by Israel during a bomb attack on Gaza last week.

The film was made by Fida Qishta, a camerawoman working for the International Solidarity Movement, a non-governmental … Continue reading


Updated on January 25, 2009
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