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Israel Drops White Phosphorus Bombs On Children
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Civilians Bear Fear, Injuries, Death,
Grief
By Kathy Gannon
The Associated
Press
Tuesday 25 July 2006
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http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15114818.htm
Tyre, Lebanon - Dirty bandages hid the worst of 8-year-old Zainab Jawad's swollen, bloodied nose Monday. Her arm, fractured in two places, was strapped to her chest.
Stretched out on a bed at Najem Hospital, Zainab squeezed her brown eyes shut as memories of the attack flooded back, some of her words muffled as she fought sobs.
A day
earlier, Israeli bombs destroyed her family's home in the
southern village of Ayta Chaeb. Then rockets slammed into
the family's car as they fled.
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Jawad Najem, a surgeon at the hospital, said patients admitted Sunday had burns from phosphorous incendiary weapons used by Israel. The Geneva Conventions ban using white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas. Israel said its weapons comply with international law.
"Mahmoud Sarour, 14, was admitted to the hospital yesterday and treated for phosphorous burns to his face," Najem said. Mahmoud's 8-month-old sister, Maryam, suffered similar burns on her neck and hands when an Israeli rocket hit the family car.
The children were with their father, mother and other relatives when the car was hit by an Israeli missile. Their father died instantly.
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http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15114818.htm
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