Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injury.
  • livus@kbin.social
    241·
    2 years ago

    @idkwhatimdoing it’s only legal for smokescreens if you have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that by doing so, you’re not also inflicting it on civillians.

    The injuries it produces are horrific.

    • Melkath@kbin.socialBanned from community
      163·
      2 years ago

      We literally just watched them shell an entire city of civilians who complied with an order to leave all their earthly possessions and gather in the city center.

      They targeted the city center.

      • Khalic@kbin.social
        59·
        2 years ago

        Do you have a relatively reputable source for that? I saw this but only from a turkish news agency who has a lot of missinfo issues

        • Melkath@kbin.socialBanned from community
          61·
          2 years ago

          Fair point.

          Murdock probably owns all of it and this is a good reminder that noone knows what the fuck happened except the people who were there.

    • idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      35·
      2 years ago

      Yes, which the article does not say they’ve failed to do. In fact, the article says that the videos submitted as evidence seem to support its legal use not in Gaza, but near Lebanon, and that Human Rights Watch submitted no videos at all showing white phosphorus in Gaza.