Explosives haul missing in Gaza

[Beskar]

Explosives haul missing in Gaza

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Explosives haul missing in Gaza


Israeli aircraft dropped hundreds of tons of explosives on Gaza, not all of which exploded
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A large stockpile of unexploded weapons has disappeared in Gaza, before United Nations experts were able to dispose of it safely, the BBC has learned.

The explosives, including aircraft bombs and white phosphorus shells, were fired by the Israeli military during its recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

UN officials said they were urgently trying to establish where the arms had gone and have called for their return.

Israel has accused Hamas of taking the stockpile, which was under Hamas guard.

'Extremely dangerous'

Richard Miron, the senior UN spokesman in Jerusalem, said: "We are anxious to get the return of this ordnance. It's clearly extremely dangerous and needs to be disposed of in a safe manner.

"This is our primary concern."

A UN Mines Action Team has been in Gaza since the end of the war, last month, its job to locate unexploded Israeli ordnance and to organise its safe disposal.

Two weeks ago, on 2 February, the UN team was given access to a storage site in Gaza City where more than 7,000kg of explosives was being housed.

It included three 2,000-pound bombs and eight 500-pound bombs, which had all been dropped from aircraft but failed to explode.

There was also a large number of 155mm shells for delivering the incendiary chemical white phosphorus.

Safe areas

Many of the explosives had been collected by the Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip.

The UN staff had been waiting for the Israeli army to allow them to bring specialist equipment into Gaza so they would be able to destroy the explosives safely.

In particular, the team needed explosives or flares to set off a controlled explosion and they needed tools to allow them to extract fuses from some of the bombs.

The UN staff were also waiting for permission from the Israeli military to use two safe areas to dispose of the munitions.

At a meeting last Thursday with the Israeli army, two areas were identified: one in the north, in a no-go area close to the border with Israel and the other near Khan Younis in the south, in a former Hamas training area.

On Sunday, when UN officials returned to the warehouse, which was under a Hamas police guard, they say they found most of the explosives had gone missing.

Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner said the stockpile had been "commandeered by Hamas".

 

[metalfalcon]

Scars of Israeli Barbarism.

I hope UN Officials will be able to Clear Gaza From these Deadly Bombs.

 

[Beskar]

Scars of Israeli Barbarism.

I hope UN Officials will be able to Clear Gaza From these Deadly Bombs.

But that's the problem. Hammas is now in control of these "Dead" bombs and now they'll resurrect and use them against the Israeli forces.

 

[metalfalcon]

But that's the problem. Hammas is now in control of these "Dead" bombs and now they'll resurrect and use them against the Israeli forces.

I will love to see Israeli Weapons being used against Israel.

On Sunday, when UN officials returned to the warehouse, which was under a Hamas police guard, they say they found most of the explosives had gone missing.

Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner said the stockpile had been "commandeered by Hamas".

Let Israelis also feel How white Phosphorous Burns and Hurts.

 

[A1Kaid]

I will love to see Israeli Weapons being used against Israel.



Let Israelis also feel How white Phosphorous Burns and Hurts.

Good point

One of the reasons the Zionist and IDF have no hesitation and fear in killing, occupying, and invading Gaza and West Bank, is because the Palestinians pose no military threat to them (the Israelis) whatsoever. As a major crypto-Nuclear Power, Israel with a nuclear stockpile in the range of 200-300+ Nukes even the surrounding Arab militaries don't pose a major threat or military rivalry...

If we want to see some immediate peace in the region, we ought to fill in the gap of the extreme military imbalance.

History as shown us that weak nations are at the mercy of any aggressor (for example Nazi Germany invasion of Poland or Soviet Union's invasion of Central Asia, or European invasions in Africa), but powerful nations are able to fend for themselves and maintain their sovereignty, freedom, and dignity. Sometimes, even the weakest and poorest of Nations are able to defeat their enemy (case in point) Vietnam and Afghanistan, when supported and funded adequately...

In the case of Gaza, I highly recommend Pakistani Army supply, train, and fund, the Democratically elected Government of Hamas (which by the way is one of the only Democratically elected Governments in the region)...

I once posted, that the Pakistani Army has captured many weapons on the battlefield fighting the Taliban, weapons such as RPG's, landmines, grenades, AK-47's, ammunition, sniper rifles, communication devices/radios, mortars, and even AT weapons all have been captured on the battlefield by Pakistani soldiers...I suggest we covertly donate these school supplies to the Mujahideen in Gaza to teach the Zionist a lesson that they shall learn painfully...




We cannot always stay on the defensive, we must charge!

 

[Solomon2]

I can't decide if I'm reading people who are willfully blind or totally brainwashed. I'm leaning towards brainwashed, because there is a lot of blind hatred here. Some might find it amusing, but the results are ultimately deadly. Perhaps I can answer a few questions about Israel and Jews, if you have them - but that should probably go in another, separate thread.