Fresh evidence of the firing of white phosphorus weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza has emerged from witnesses heard by the Guardian and first hand accounts by human rights groups of their use against civilians.
Graphic descriptions of attacks by Israeli forces near the Gaza town of Khan Younis are contained in footage shot by Fida Qishta for the International Solidarity Movement and obtained by the Guardian.
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Breaking news report on the apparent use by Israeli military of phosphorous bombs against civilians, causing respiratory problems and severe burns leading to the death of at least one victim, whose entire body burned in less than an hour. Includes informative video footage shot by Fida Qishta for the International Solidarity Movement, with interviews of Gaza residents describing how the Israeli army nearly buried 200 unarmed Palestinian civilians, and shot women and children fleeing from the scene. While the author is getting most of his information second-hand, multiple accounts are cited from credible sources, which confirm this despicable development.
The use of white phosphorous as a weapon – as opposed to its use as an obscurant and infrared blocking smoke screen – is banned by the Third Convention on Conventional Weapons which covers the use of incendiary devices. Though Israel is not a signatory to the convention, its military manuals reflect the restrictions on its use in that convention.
