A number of Palestinian children playing soccer were apparently injured by IDF-fired flechettes, Friday. What the IDF took to be rocket launchers may have actually been moveable soccer goals.
This is a ghastly weapon and its use in Gaza seems invariably to end in civilian deaths or injuries.
Helpful links about Israel's use of flechettes in recent months are available at our website:
http://www.partnersforpeace.org/actionalerts/db200209060
The most recent article on flechettes is at:
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/258750.html
Partners for Peace condemns the IDF's use of this grisly weapon and calls on the Bush administration and the State Department to demand that this weapon not be used in the occupied territories.
Partners for Peace also notes that Israel's flechettes appear to be a modified version of an American export. Israel's ongoing use of American weaponry (including F-16s andApaches) against Palestinian civilians should be considered a violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
This is a ghastly weapon and its use in Gaza seems invariably to end in civilian deaths or injuries.
Helpful links about Israel's use of flechettes in recent months are available at our website:
http://www.partnersforpeace.org/actionalerts/db200209060
The most recent article on flechettes is at:
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/258750.html
Partners for Peace condemns the IDF's use of this grisly weapon and calls on the Bush administration and the State Department to demand that this weapon not be used in the occupied territories.
Partners for Peace also notes that Israel's flechettes appear to be a modified version of an American export. Israel's ongoing use of American weaponry (including F-16s andApaches) against Palestinian civilians should be considered a violation of the Arms Export Control Act.