Proof Positive: Israel Using White Phosphorus in Gaza

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White Phosphorus Made in USA

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Dprogram.net writes:
"According to a story published by The Times UK, stockpiles of white phosphorus (M825A1 WP) shells have been identified from high-resolution images taken of Israeli artillery units on the Israeli-Gaza border this week.

The pale blue 155mm rounds are clearly marked with the designation M825A1, an American-made WP munition. The shell is an improved version with a more limited dispersion of the phosphorus, which ignites on contact with oxygen, and is being used by the Israeli gunners to create a smoke screen on the ground.

The rounds, which explode into a shower of burning white streaks, were first identified by The Times last weekend when they were fired over Gaza at the start of Israel’s ground offensive.

There are now reports that Palestinian civilians have been injured by the bombs, which burn intensely. Hassan Khalass, a doctor at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, told The Times that he had been dealing with patients who he suspected had been burnt by white phosphorus. Muhammad Azayzeh, an emergency medical technician in Gaza City, said: “The burns are very unusual. They don’t look like burns we have normally seen. They are third-level burns that we can’t seem to control.”

Victims with embedded M825A1 WP particles in their flesh have to have the affected areas flushed with water. Particles that cannot be removed with tweezers are covered with a saline-soaked dressing. Nafez Abu Shaban, the head of the burns unit at al-Shifa hospital, said: “I am not familiar with phosphorus but many of the patients wounded in the past weeks have strange burns. They are very deep and not like burns we used to see.”"

The M825A1 white phosphorus munitions used by Isreal, considered to be WMD material, are made in the USA providing 2000 jobs at the Pine Bluff Arkansas Arsenal.