Haaretz/Italian TV: Israel has been using an experimental lethal weapon in Gaza
Date: 11 / 10 / 2006
Gaza
- Ma'an - The Israeli daily newspaper 'Haaretz' reported on Wednesday that
Italian TV will broadcast a report which points to the possibility that the
Israeli army used an experimental weapon in the Gaza Strip that causes
amputation and severe burning. The Israeli paper said the weapon is almost the
same as an American weapon which causes a "powerful and lethal blast". The
investigative team is the same team who exposed the US military's use of
phosphorous bombs in Fallouja in Iraq.
Doctors in Gaza gave the Italian team eyewitness accounts of the severe wounds
they had seen. According to 'Haaretz', Dr. Habas al-Wahid, head of the emergency
room at the Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah told the reporters that
the legs of the injured were sliced from their bodies "as if a saw was used to
cut through the bone." The newspaper also says that there were signs of heat and
burns near the point of the amputation, but no signs that the dismemberment was
caused by metal fragments.
There have been several reports over recent months that Israel has been using
new, particularly lethal weapons in Gaza.
Some recent reports can be read here:
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13469
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=15205