· Minister says shells hit Hizbullah targets
· MP shocked by deployment in war
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv, Monday October 23, 2006, The Guardian
The Israeli government has admitted that it used controversial phosphorus weapons in its attacks against targets during its month long war in Lebanon this summer.
The chemical can be used in shells, missiles and grenades and causes horrific burning when it comes into contact with human flesh.
White phosphorus (WP) weapons are not forbidden by international law but some human rights groups believe they should be re-classified as chemical weapons and banned. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1929007,00.html
and
Israel admits to using phosphorus bombs in recent Lebanon war
By Meron Rapoport
Israel has acknowledged for the first time that it attacked Hezbollah targets during the second Lebanon war with phosphorus shells. White phosphorus causes very painful and often lethal chemical burns to those hit by it, and until recently Israel maintained that it only uses such bombs to mark targets or territory. The announcement that the Israel Defense Forces had used phosphorus bombs in the war in Lebanon was made by Minister Jacob Edery, in charge of government-Knesset relations. He had been queried on the matter by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz-Yahad). http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/777560.html
Please also see:
The Gaza Strip – State of Disaster; September 2006
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2648&blz=1
Israel/ Lebanon: Cluster Bombs Intensified With War End; UN
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2572&blz=1
WEAPONS USED, TARGETS HIT, BOMBING INTENSITY IN LEBANON BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY, by Leuren Moret, US Nuclear Weapons Lab Whistleblower
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2571&blz=1
Israel/Lebanon: Evidence Indicates Deliberate Destruction of Civilian Infrastructure, notes Amnesty International
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2554&blz=1
Israel Ruined Lebanon Development: UN
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2551&blz=1
Calls to Suspend Arms Deliveries to Israel, by Israel Rafalovich
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2539&blz=1
· MP shocked by deployment in war
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv, Monday October 23, 2006, The Guardian
The Israeli government has admitted that it used controversial phosphorus weapons in its attacks against targets during its month long war in Lebanon this summer.
The chemical can be used in shells, missiles and grenades and causes horrific burning when it comes into contact with human flesh.
White phosphorus (WP) weapons are not forbidden by international law but some human rights groups believe they should be re-classified as chemical weapons and banned. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1929007,00.html
and
Israel admits to using phosphorus bombs in recent Lebanon war
By Meron Rapoport
Israel has acknowledged for the first time that it attacked Hezbollah targets during the second Lebanon war with phosphorus shells. White phosphorus causes very painful and often lethal chemical burns to those hit by it, and until recently Israel maintained that it only uses such bombs to mark targets or territory. The announcement that the Israel Defense Forces had used phosphorus bombs in the war in Lebanon was made by Minister Jacob Edery, in charge of government-Knesset relations. He had been queried on the matter by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz-Yahad). http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/777560.html
Please also see:
The Gaza Strip – State of Disaster; September 2006
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2648&blz=1
Israel/ Lebanon: Cluster Bombs Intensified With War End; UN
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2572&blz=1
WEAPONS USED, TARGETS HIT, BOMBING INTENSITY IN LEBANON BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY, by Leuren Moret, US Nuclear Weapons Lab Whistleblower
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2571&blz=1
Israel/Lebanon: Evidence Indicates Deliberate Destruction of Civilian Infrastructure, notes Amnesty International
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2554&blz=1
Israel Ruined Lebanon Development: UN
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2551&blz=1
Calls to Suspend Arms Deliveries to Israel, by Israel Rafalovich
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2539&blz=1