Massacre in Gaza: Israel tests new gas on Palestinians
Posted by Gilles Munier on March 31, 2018, 08:19 am
The tear bombs fall from the sky
At least 16 Palestinian protesters from the Gaza Strip were killed yesterday -
Earth Day - by the Israeli army posted on the other side of the
"border security fence". The Red Crescent has counted more than a thousand wounded - 1416 to the latest news - mostly hit by steel bullets covered with rubber. And it is not over because the Gazans will demonstrate today and in the days to come. The protest movement -
estimated at tens of thousands of people - is expected to last six weeks.Supported by
Hamas ,
participants call for "right of return" for deported refugees
manu militari70 years ago, when Israel was created,
demanding the lifting of the blockade of the Gaza Strip .
Israeli snipers stationed in front of protesters
To disperse the crowd, the Israeli army also fires live ammunition and uses drones that spray tear gas over protesters.
A study conducted by the
University of California and published by the University's Center for Human Rights notes the frequent and indiscriminate use of tear gas bombs against Palestinians ... (...) ... The members of the researchers, after witnessing these shots, concluded that this use is not limited to protests or potential perpetrators of violence, such as children throwing stones.
"It is sometimes dangerous to leave the center when the gas is in the air."
Deadly Gas
The University of California defines tear gas as a general term for its component irritants, to control a crowd, and notes that in recent years new forms of gas have been developed that are much more powerful. The type of product that Israel uses is not specified and the information provided by the residents means that they must be exposed to powerful forms ... (...) ...
The report states that the use of tear gas and other chemical irritants is prohibited as a weapon of war by the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention,
but "not for a civilian purpose as long as the type and quantities conform to the desired goals" . He concludes that the use made by Israel is in total contradiction with the international procedures on the classical use.
The tear gas is deadly and this has been proven on many occasions especially by me during the burial, in April 2004, of Noha Kamish whose death results from the discharge of tear gas through the windows of his house.
Gases produced in the United States
Residents say ordinary events such as children's birthdays or family picnics are disrupted by gas fire, sometimes taken on video.
"Soldiers shoot when they get bored, when they want to go to" clash "or when they want to enter the camp or when they want to have fun. "
... (...) ... like all weapons used by the Israeli military, this gas is an American production. The brand of the manufacturer,
Combined Systems , of Jameston in Pennsylvania, appears in clear on the waste left by the soldiers ... (...) ...