Kudos for keeping the moral high ground.
Israel admits phosphorous bombingIsrael admits for the first time it used controversial phosphorous bombs during fighting in Lebanon.
Phosphorus weapons cause chemical burns and the Red Cross and human rights groups say they should be treated as chemical weapons.
The Geneva Conventions ban the use of white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas.
Lebanon had accused Israel of using the weapons but at the time Israeli officials said they were only for marking.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said in late July: “According to the Geneva Convention, when they use phosphorous bombs and laser bombs, is that allowed against civilians and children?”
Doctors in hospitals in southern Lebanon had said they suspected some of the burns they were seeing were being caused by phosphorous bombs.
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