The use of white phosphorus in densely populated areas, which Gaza certainly is, is a war crime. When white phosphorus comes into contact with the skin it can burn it right down to the bone. https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-new...sraeli-armys-use-of-white-phosphorus-in-gaza/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...rus-in-gaza-lebanon-endangering-civilians-hrw
Hamas ISIS used Kalashnikov rifles, grenade launchers and butcher knives against innocent civilians. Families were massacred in their beds, old men and women were murdered by a bullet to the head. And you are dealing with a question about white phosphorus .....
That is hardly beating a dead horse. Your argument is that, because of the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas (which no one disputes), Israel is warranted to be equally inhumane, in its treatment of civilians in Gaza, who were not a part of the attack by Hamas? Way to squander the moral high ground.
And how much of that is propaganda and outright lies? Look what these Israelis are doing - KILLING their own: An Israeli woman who survived the Hamas assault on settlements near the Gaza boundary on 7 October says Israeli civilians were “undoubtedly” killed by their own security forces. It happened when Israeli forces engaged in fierce gun battles with Palestinian fighters in Kibbutz Be’eri and fired indiscriminately at both the fighters and their Israeli prisoners. “They eliminated everyone, including the hostages,” she told Israeli radio. “There was very, very heavy crossfire” and even tank shelling. The woman, 44-year-old mother of three Yasmin Porat, said that prior to that, she and other civilians had been held by the Palestinians for several hours and treated “humanely.” She had fled the nearby “Nova” rave. A recording of her interview, from the radio program Haboker Hazeh (“This Morning”) hosted by Aryeh Golan on state broadcaster Kan, has been circulating on social media. The interview has been translated by The Electronic Intifada. You can listen to it with English subtitles in this video and a transcript is at the end of this article: Notably, the interview is not included in the online version of Haboker Hazeh for 15 October, the episode in which it apparently aired. It may well have been censored due to its explosive nature. Porat, who is from Kabri, a settlement near the Lebanese border, undoubtedly experienced terrible things and saw many noncombatants killed. Her own partner, Tal Katz, is among the dead. However, her account undermines Israel’s official story of deliberate, wanton murder by the Palestinian fighters. Although it no longer appears on the Kan website, there can be little doubt about the recording’s authenticity. Not only does Porat tell Kan that Israelis were killed in the heavy counterattack by Israeli security forces, but she says she and other captive civilians were well treated by the Palestinian fighters. Porat had been attending the “Nova” rave when the Hamas assault began with missiles and motorized paragliders. She and her partner Tal Katz escaped by car to nearby Kibbutz Be’eri where many of the events she describes in her media interviews took place. more here: https://electronicintifada.net/cont...eir-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861
