【速報】"Rain of Fire"

ヒューマンライツウォッチも、2009年3月25日（日本時間26日）、71ページの報告書を発表。白リン弾攻撃の被害事例の中から、国連学校や病院などへの 6 箇所の事例を精査し、目撃者証言や収拾証拠によって白リン弾使用の戦争犯罪を立証。イスラエル軍幹部の訴追を求めた。


共同通信

白リン弾を無差別使用　人権団体がイスラエル非難

　【エルサレム２６日共同】国際人権団体ヒューマン・ライツ・ウオッチ（本部・米ニューヨーク）は２６日、イスラエル軍がパレスチナ自治区ガザへの大規模攻撃で、激しい燃焼力がある白リン弾を一般住民らに無差別に使用したのを現地調査で確認したとして、戦争犯罪で軍幹部の訴追を求める報告書を発表した。


　報告書は、野原などで煙幕を発生させるための白リン弾使用は違法でないとした上で、ガザ攻撃では人口密集地で繰り返し使用され一般住民に多くの死傷者を出し、住宅、学校、市場、病院、国連施設などに被害を与えたとして、戦時国際法に違反すると指摘した。


　軍は「無差別使用という主張に根拠はない」などと報告書に反論する声明を出した。
2009年03月26日木曜日


ガーディアン紙

Israel accused of indiscriminate phosphorus use in Gaza

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/25/israel-white-phosphorus-gaza

In a 71-page report, the rights group said the repeated use of air-burst white phosphorus artillery shells in populated areas of Gaza was not incidental or accidental, but revealed "a pattern or policy of conduct".


It said the Israeli military used white phosphorus in a "deliberate or reckless" way. The report says:


• Israel was aware of the dangers of white phosphorus.


• It chose not to use alternative and less dangerous smoke shells.


• In one case, Israel even ignored repeated warnings from UN staff before hitting the main UN compound in Gaza with white phosphorus shells on 15 January.


"In Gaza, the Israeli military didn't just use white phosphorus in open areas as a screen for its troops," said Fred Abrahams, a senior Human Rights Watch researcher. "It fired white phosphorus repeatedly over densely populated areas, even when its troops weren't in the area and safe smoke shells were available. As a result, civilians needlessly suffered and died." He said senior commanders should be held to account.

Human Rights Watch のサイト
http://www.hrw.org/en/home

Rain of Fire

Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza
March 25, 2009


This 71-page report provides witness accounts of the devastating effects that white phosphorus munitions had on civilians and civilian property in Gaza. Human Rights Watch researchers in Gaza immediately after hostilities ended found spent shells, canister liners, and dozens of burnt felt wedges containing white phosphorus on city streets, apartment roofs, residential courtyards, and at a United Nations school. The report also presents ballistics evidence, photographs, and satellite imagery, as well as documents from the Israeli military and government.


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