'Tungsten bombs' leave Israel's victims with mystery wounds

The Independent by Raymond Whitaker | Jan. 18, 2009 (News Report)

Israel was facing demands for war crimes investigations as it declared a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza last night after a 22-day assault in which more than 1,200 Palestinians, a third of them children, were killed and 13 Israelis died.

Two children were killed yesterday when Israeli tanks shelled a UN school in which families were sheltering, leading a UN spokesman, Chris Gunness, to say: "There has to be an investigation to determine whether a war ... Full Story »

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by George Blahusiak - Jan. 19, 2009

Good story. Pity it didn't include more about the weapons and their position in international law in the context of the entire war. I find it unacceptable that a house should be destoyed, killing every inhabitant, just to kill one alleged 'terrorist'. Still, that seems to be the way things are done these days, "Hang 'em and then we'll have a trial." I wonder where they learned that?