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On 4/5/25 12:13, Andrew 'Andrzej' Baron wrote:
"Green gas" rubbish
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"Fleets of helicopters fly over Nablus at night dropping a dense,
green toxic gas over the city."
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-white-phosphorus-weapons-gaza-human-rights-group-rcna120272>
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said:�The
current accusation made against the IDF regarding the use of
white phosphorus in Gaza is unequivocally false. The IDF has not
deployed the use of such munitions.� A spokesperson for Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not respond to a request for comment.
NBC News, which did not have reporters present when the strikes
occurred in Gaza and Lebanon, has not been able to independently
verify Human Rights Watch's claims.
NBC News confirmed that a video published on October 11 by WAFA
News Agency which appeared to depict one of the same airstrikes
that was described by Human Rights Watch was filmed at Gaza City
port.
White phosphorus munitions can potentially �cause burns and
irritation, liver, kidney, heart, lung, or bone damage, and
death,� according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. International law allows for certain uses of white
phosphorus, such as creating smoke screens or generating light,
but human rights groups say that the deployment of white
phosphorus in areas where it could harm civilians or via airdrop
is prohibited by international human rights laws. NBC News has
not confirmed if any civilians were in the areas where white
phosphorus was allegedly used. Gaza is one of the most densely
populated regions in the world.
Israel has not signed and is not bound by the United Nations
convention on the use of white phosphorus. Human Rights Watch
says that it previously documented the use of white phosphorus by
Israel in military conflict in 2009, a claim that was also echoed
by the International Red Cross. Israel said in 2013 it would no
longer use white phosphorus except in limited circumstances,
according to Human Rights Watch.
The munitions used this week in Gaza and Lebanon, the group said,
were airburst 155 mm artillery projectiles, which can shower
large areas with white phosphorus.
�The use of white phosphorus in densely populated areas of Gaza
violates the requirement under international humanitarian law to
take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss
of life,� Human Rights Watch said in its report.
In an email, Brian Castner, the weapons investigator for Amnesty International�s crisis team, agreed with Human Rights Watch�s
assessment that the strikes they cited involved the apparent uses
of white phosphorus. Castner added that Amnesty International has
been conducting its own investigation into Israel�s alleged use
of white phosphorus, saying, �We have verified that Israeli
artillery forces striking Gaza are equipped with M825 and M825A1
155mm white phosphorus projectiles.�
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights told NBC News it was looking into the claims.
In a Zoom interview, Palestinian surgeon Sara Al Saqqa, who works
at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, said she had seen injuries
this week that appeared consistent with white phosphorus wounds.
�There�s certain types of weapons, the white phosphorus war crime
injuries that�s not even humanitarian to be used in wars. It�s
not allowed for anyone to use it. I�ve been seeing patients being
injured with these type of injuries,� Al Saqqa told NBC News.
�Those small shrapnels that just burn every single millimeter of
their bodies, and like just cutting all the pieces of the depth
of the bodies to parts,� she added.
Amhad Hasaballah, a Getty photojournalist, told NBC News that he
photographed a barrage of strikes that hit Gaza City on Oct. 11
that he believed to include white phosphorus smoke. Hasaballah
has been photographing the region since 2015 and has previously
won awards for his coverage of Israeli airstrikes. The
photographs are now published and labeled online as depicting
white phosphorus.
The claim that white phosphorus was being used by Israel in this
week�s conflict has been circulating for several days online. On
Oct. 10, the official X account of the Palestinian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates wrote, �Israeli warplanes and
artillery use internationally #prohibited_white_phosphorus,
destroying #Al_Karama neighborhood in the northwest of Gaza City
with a continuous series of airstrikes.�
The report comes as Israel appears to be preparing a ground
assault on Gaza, warning more than 1 million people to leave the
north of the densely populated enclave, which is roughly the size
of Washington, D.C. At least 1,300 people have been killed in
Israel since Hamas staged a series of surprise attacks on
Saturday, the country�s military has said. Nearly 1,800 people
have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian health
ministry, as Israel continues to bombard the area.
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