Tag: White phosphorus

The Al Haddad family’s story: nothing left but ashes

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…

February 8, 2009
To the sound of F16s

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.…

February 3, 2009
White phosphorus damage in al-Faraheen

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…

February 1, 2009