De Noorse artsen Mads Gilbert en Erik Fosse maakten in het begin van de oorlog al bekend dat Israel gebruikmaakte van een onbekend type wapen dat ledematen amputeert.
Doctors Spooked by Israel's Mystery Weapon (January 28, 2009)
Critics continue to press the case that Israel committed "war crimes". Many of these wounds of casualties may have been caused by a weapon which is designed to reduce collateral damage. Not that the Israelis admit they have the thing.
Fosse says that the weapon "causes the tissue to be torn from the flesh. It looks very different [from a shrapnel injury]. I have seen and treated a lot of different injuries for the last 30 years in different war zones, and this looks completely different."
According to Fosse and Gilbert, the weapon typically amputates or tears apart lower limbs and patients often do not survive. "It's no more illegal than normal blast-and-shrapnel weapons, but it is a mystery," according to the doctors.
A version of the GBU-40 Small Diameter Bomb is the only known focused-lethality munition. Ares speculated that the IDF is using weapons supplied by the U.S. Air Force; a spokesman told the site that "we cannot release sensitive information on foreign military sales."
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/mystery-weapon.html
Ondertussen voert Amerika de druk op Israel op om een onderzoek in te stellen naar oorlogsmisdaden
US steps up pressure on Israel over war crimes (January 29, 2009)
America's new envoy to the UN has told Israel to investigate allegations that it violated international law during its recent assault on the Gaza Strip. A shift in tempo had been widely expected after the apparent favouritism of former president Bush, who was criticised for his unwillingness to restrain the Jewish state over the course of its bloody 23-day war.
http://riverscrap.typepad.com/home/2009/01/us-steps-up-pressure-on-israel-over-war-crimes.html
Blacklist of involved officers of the Israelian army
Israeli leftists have begun drawing up a "blacklist" of army officers involved in the recent operation in Gaza, in response to the military censor's decision to ban the publication of their names, pictures or other identifying details.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060131.html
