Testing, testing

| 27. July 2006 | | Jure

Accusations abound that the Israelis, pressing a nearly five-week offensive in which 130 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, are using a new weapon.

Doctors say they have never before seen such specific burn injuries, concentrated so much on the lower body and causing such a high propensity of amputations. The health ministry has already called for an independent inquiry.

A French humanitarian group reported unusually severe injuries. One of its doctors reportedly raised the possibility that Israel Israel used cluster bombs.

In response to a query about use of a new type of weapon possibly containing chemicals, the army said only that “specific claims are being checked”. Več