Israel has used U.S. manufactured white phosphorous munitions in Lebanon

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In Lebanon, a Washington Post investigation reports that the Israeli defense forces used U.S.-supplied white phosphorous ammunition in their attacks in October. teleSUR
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00:00 In Lebanon, The Washington Post investigation reports that Israeli defense forces used U.S.
00:05 supply-wide FOFORS ammunition in their attacks in October.
00:09 According to the newspaper, the production code was found on the shells matched in the main
00:13 platform used by the U.S. military to catalog domestically manufactured munitions.
00:19 These are in particular shells used by the IDF against the town of Diyara in what,
00:23 according to Amnesty International, was an indiscriminate attack that injured at least
00:28 90 civilians and damaged civilian property.
00:31 Moreover, the U.S. origin of the ammunition was verified by the human rights organization's
00:36 Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said that the fact that U.S.-made
00:41 wide FOFORS is being used by Israel in southern Lebanon has to be of great concern to U.S.
00:47 officials.
00:48 She added that in light of this fact, the U.S. Congress should reconsider Washington's
00:52 military aid to Tel Aviv.
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