(Jerusalem, January 10, 2009) - Israel should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 9 and 10, 2009, Human Rights Watch researchers in Israel observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over what appeared to be the Gaza City/Jabaliya area.

Israel appeared to be using white phosphorus as an "obscurant" (a chemical used to hide military operations), a permissible use in principle under international humanitarian law (the laws of war). However, white phosphorus has a significant, incidental, incendiary effect that can severely burn people and set structures, fields, and other civilian objects in the vicinity on fire. The potential for harm to civilians is magnified by Gaza's high population density, among the highest in the world.

"White phosphorous can burn down houses and cause horrific burns when it touches the skin," said Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch. "Israel should not use it in Gaza's densely populated areas."

Human Rights Watch believes that 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. This concern is amplified given the technique evidenced in media photographs of air-bursting white phosphorus projectiles. Air bursting of white phosphorus artillery spreads 116 burning wafers over an area between 125 and 250 meters in diameter, depending on the altitude of the burst, thereby exposing more civilians and civilian infrastructure to potential harm than a localized ground burst.

Na jau vien pavadinime esantis klaustukas nurodo į žurnalisto žinojimą, kad žydai yra NIEKADA nebaudžiami ir išsisuks kontra puolimu naudodami "antisemitizmo kortą", jei jau bus imtasi tyrimo... Labai gaila, bet teks pripažinti visam pasauliui, kad toks tyrimas jau iš karto jo nepradėjus yra nusikaltimas prieš žydus ir yra grynas antisemitizmas.

gal jie turejo su hamas teroristai ietimis ir strelemis kariaut???

issisuks,juk Amerika stos juos ginti...ne pirmas kartas.Bet nors nukrito nuo ju veidu anklode ir pasaulis pamate,kas tai per salis.Tikekiuosi ateis ir jiems kada nors ,,keptuve su cirskanciu aliejumi,,

Nuo kada Ameriką valdo amerikiečiai? Šią šalį nuo seno valdo žydai (gudriai tūnodami šešėlyje).

Ateis laikas ir teks žydiškiems naciams atsakyt už savo nusikaltimus.

turi tapti nusikaltimo subjektu ir buti pasmerktas pirmiausiai uz 1947/48 metu teroro aktus pries taikius Palestinos gyventojus, kuriu atzvilgiu naudota tokia pat teroro (etnocido)akcija, kaip pries Prusijos civilius gyventojus pasulinio karo pabaigoje.

jei JAV blokuos toki sprendima tai sia valstybe reiketu patraukti kaip bendrininke siu karo nusikaltimu byloje

jeigu žydams nebus tarptautinis teismas del žudymu tai bus viršune

"Tarptautinis baudžiamasis teismas jurisdikcijos nagrinėti Izraelio veiksmus neturi": bet juk serbija jo irgi nepripazino! Galima teisti Hagoje uz akiu. t.y. kad kokiam svarbesniam izraelio pareigunui ivaziavus i Hagos teisma pripazistancia valstybe jis butu suimamas.