The head of the UN's relief agency in Gaza City, UNWRA, has stated that the UNWRA HQ in Gaza was hit and set on fire by three shells fired by the Isreali Defence Forces. He continued to say that the shells contained white phosphorus. Under the UN Covention On Certain Conventional Wepons, the use of white phosphrous is banned in built up areas. The British Army uses it as a smoke screen, as do many others, which is legal. The US has admitted to using it against people in Iraq, but the US is Not a party to the treaty.
Isreal is.
The law is a donkey, but when it is not enforced it is an ass. When it's contravention is ignoredby the 4th estate (ie. the press), truth becomes stillborn.
Luckily the shells missed some fuel trucks in UNWRA HQ, because the trucks were bravely driven away while their garage was on fire, which adverted many deaths.
Nevertheless an official of the UN has clear evidence that a country has been lying to the UN, breaking its Treaty Obligations and grandstanding to the world armed with lies. The truth is an ugly beast but its all we have between science and art (+relgion)*
White Phosphorus is classed as an incendiary weapon as it burns at 30c. If inhaled it blisters the lungs causesing suffocation. If in contact with the skin it burns the flesh until removed while the blood is poisoned. While most people regard a gas that inhaled and burns you from the inside out as a chemical weapon, the world currently doesn't.
That must end.
*Science gives us observable knowledge, truth is what the invidual knows to be knowledge, art dispenses with knowledge, religion claims knowledge through faith.
kenanphoenix
In fact they always use these banned arms..
In Lebanon war they use clever bombs now white phosphorus!
i don't think they care about any treat! the real view is uglier than what media put!