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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Euro-Med: Israel used over 1,000 white phosphorous bombs in Gaza</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">GAZA, (PIC) - November 16, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lp1pyquy0" alt="-1829371144.jpg" width="435" height="230"><br>The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said that the Israeli army has
launched more than 1,000 strikes, utilizing internationally prohibited
white phosphorus, on populated areas since it started its genocidal war
on the Gaza Strip on October 7.<p>
In a statement on Thursday, the Euro-Med Monitor said it had documented
the Israeli army’s indiscriminate use of white phosphorus against
civilians, describing it as an “incendiary substance that burns human
flesh and causes lifelong suffering.”</p><p>
Euro-Med said that its team received testimonies affirming that the
Israeli army carried out 300 strikes with white phosphorus bombs and
projectiles within a period of about 40 minutes on Wednesday evening,
November 15, on a residential block in Beit Lahia town, north of Gaza.</p><p>
“The night before, a large number of white phosphorus shells were
reportedly seen falling on a crowded populated area in Sheikh Radwan
neighborhood, north of Gaza City. Similar attacks also occurred on
several occasions in al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza and the town
and camp of Jabalia, north of the Strip,” Euro-Med elaborated.</p><p>
“Palestinian residents said they suffered from severe shortness of
breath and coughing as a result of inhaling white phosphorus in the
midst of extremely unpleasant odors spreading in the air and severe
blurred vision due to the thick white smoke,” Euro-Med cited.</p><p>
According to Euro-Med, people exposed to white phosphorus can suffer
from respiratory damage, organ failure, and other serious and
life-altering injuries, including burns that are extremely difficult to
treat and cannot be relieved with water.</p><p>
“The escalating use of white phosphorus and smoke bombs against densely
populated areas comes within the framework of forced displacement and
ethnic cleansing that are being practiced by the Israeli army in order
to force half of the Gaza’s population to leave their homes, shelters
and hospitals and move to areas in the south of the Gaza Valley.”</p><p>
Euro-Med accused Israel of persisting in violating the principles of
proportionality and precaution by launching random attacks on the Gaza
Strip and directly targeting the lives and health of civilians, and
using internationally prohibited weapons in flagrant violation of the
international humanitarian law and the rules of war.</p><p>
“In addition to that, Israel uses bombs with huge destructive power
against populated areas, and such bombs pose the single greatest threat
to civilians in modern armed conflicts. This explains the severity of
the massive destruction that turns entire residential neighborhoods into
rubble and ruins in the Gaza Strip.” </p></div></div></div>
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