| Amnesty International calls on the United Nations to | | | | signed a ten-year agreement with Washington in |
| impose an immediate and complete embargo of arms | | | | 2007 that plans to provide military aid to 30 billion |
| to Hamas Israel and other Palestinian armed groups. | | | | dollars. |
| The human rights organization issued a report | | | | Excessive use of white phosphorus artillery including |
| previously regarding the foreign arms supplied to help | | | | fragments of phosphorous weapons - tanks or tanks |
| Israel and Gaza, where she claims to have gathered | | | | of rocket darts or debris found in homes, hospitals or |
| evidence that Israel and Hamas both of the weapons | | | | school playground...All these weapons were used to |
| used abroad, and specifically the United States | | | | commit serious violations of international law, including |
| between December 27 and January 18, the date of | | | | war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel, said Donatella |
| the cessation of fighting. We call upon the Security | | | | Rovera. According to the defense of human rights, |
| Council of the United Nations to impose an embargo | | | | some or disproportionate attacks were directed |
| Until they found a mechanism to ensure that | | | | against civilians or civilian buildings. Amnesty |
| ammunition and other military equipment are not used | | | | International, in particular, the fingertip of the |
| to commit serious violations of international law, said | | | | repeated use of white phosphorus weapons against |
| Malcolm Smart, Amnesty director for the Middle East. | | | | Palestinian civilians in the densely populated areas of |
| At the site, we found many remains of weapons and | | | | Gaza. According to the hospital, patients, including |
| ammunition used during the fighting. Through serial | | | | children, now burning white phosphorus, which does |
| numbers, we could determine their origin, with the | | | | not always heal. |
| exception of an electrical component (missile engine) | | | | For his part, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a |
| produced in France, while the rest came from the | | | | brief press release that all the weapons used were in |
| United States, said Donatella Rovera. The researcher | | | | accordance with international law and the use of |
| for Amnesty International visited the site to | | | | Western armies, saying that Israel has deliberately |
| investigate different types of violations of human | | | | attacked civilian targets. Israel is a sovereign nation |
| rights in the Gaza Strip. Just arrived, was surprised by | | | | which is forced to use force to protect its citizens, |
| the number of remains found weapons including | | | | while Hamas is a terrorist organization, said the |
| rockets and artillery. Hamas arrive without problem to | | | | minister. The conflict, which lasted 22 days, killed, |
| the source from abroad, including through a system | | | | according to Amnesty International, more than 1,300 |
| of smuggling is going on in part through tunnels into | | | | Palestinians, including 300 children and 13 Israelis, all of |
| Egypt, he said. The Jewish State, for its part, has | | | | which Hamas is responsible for their death. |