Jerusalem, Israel – The Israeli Army dropped phosphorous bombs on Hezbollah guerrilla targets during their war in Lebanon this summer, an Israeli cabinet minister said, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time.
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Until now, Israel had said it only used the weapons – which cause severe chemical burns – to mark targets or territory.
But cabinet minister Yaakov Edri said Israel used the weapons in its 34-day war against Hezbollah. “The Israeli Army made use of phosphorous shells during the war against Hezbollah in attacks against military targets in open ground.”
White phosphorous is a translucent wax-like substance with a pungent smell that, once ignited, creates intense heat and smoke. The Geneva Conventions ban using white phosphorous against civilians or civilian areas.
The United States acknowledged last year that U.S. troops used white phosphorous as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah in November 2004, but said it had never been used against civilian targets.
When Moshiach gets to the knesset he’ll be totally confused. He won’t know which one is HIS donkey!!!
The israeli govt. is comprised of tipshim and shoitim. TIPSHIM
You have to advertise what you used in the war.
We need intelligent people in govt.
I am afraid that when Moshiach comes, he may ride into the Knesset and see these fools and tell his donkey to turn around and let’s get out of here!
Who were the idiots that signed on the “nice” way of killing people as opposed to the “mean” way of killing people? Do the people who try to kill us subscribe to this philosophy? May’oivy t’chakmani.
The headline is wrong, these bombs including cluster bombs are legal under geneva and many militaries use P. B. and D.U. as explosives
since r the hamas nazis civilians , they fully deserved what they got its only a shame we coudnt finish it
I agree with Moshe. The bombs weren’t dropped on civilians. Hezbollah is either an Army or Terrorists, but they are not civilian. The area was cleared of civilians before any bombs hit, so it was a battlefield.
its not the loshon hora. i get upset when our USA idiot generals open their mouths too.
mr pinchas instead of making a statement, maybe back it up. i daven every day and if you “happen” to daven you say the same things i do in shmoyneh esreh. we could be a friend of the “state” without particularly liking the govt. Trust me I am not a lover of the govt.
I also know a few fine frum (not to mention CHASIDISHE) bucherim in the IDF who did not run off to a yeshiva for whom I daven for every day.
the headline is misleading. they are not banned weapons- and the isreali army did not use them against civilians.
mark i think its loshan hora that bothers you…
Mark you should be charged with treason as a friend of the State (The zionist entity).
Yaakov Edri is a big idiot! Why open your mouth. He should be charged with treason as an Enemy of the State.