• abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    >This is what Israel is using white phosphorus for, but the article is biased and never mentions it

    <After rights groups accused Israel of war crimes for its use of white phosphorus in its 2008-09 Gaza offensive, the Israeli military said it would stop using it as smokescreen munitions in built-up areas, with unspecified exceptions.

    The US and many other countries use white phosphorus based smoke munitions too, and it is not a war crime

    That is true, but using it as an incendiary weapon in civilian areas is.

    If you don’t like Al Jazeera, here’s another source.