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Al Jazeera Documents 2,842 Palestinians 'Evaporated' in Gaza
Al Jazeera's probe reveals 2,842 Palestinians incinerated by thermal weapons linked to US-made bombs amid ongoing Gaza conflict, raising legal and ethical concerns.
- Al Jazeera's investigation found Gaza Civil Defence documented 2,842 Palestinians as `evaporated` since October 2023, with Mahmoud Basal saying it results from forensic work.
- Investigators detailed how thermobaric munitions disperse a fuel cloud that ignites, using tritonal to create temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius.
- Mahmoud Basal said, `We enter a targeted home and cross-reference the known number of occupants with the bodies recovered`, noting investigators find only scalps or blood spray and fragments of GBU-39 wings, MK-84, and BLU-109 bombs.
- The human toll is compounded by political and legal obstacles as families cannot recover intact remains amid more than 72,000 deaths, while experts say the ICJ provisional measures and ICC arrest warrant failed Gaza due to US veto power.
- Investigators noted continuing flows of weapons from Western suppliers, with legal experts urging universal-jurisdiction courts in Germany and France and Omar Hamad, Gaza pharmacist, flagged use last year.
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Israeli weapons have ‘evaporated’ thousands of Gazans
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail An Al Jazeera investigation has found that thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have vanished without trace after Israeli strikes using extreme heat munitions supplied by the U.S. At dawn on August 10, 2024, Yasmin Mahani made her way through the smouldering remains of Al-Tabi’in school in Gaza City, looking for her son, Saad. She […]
These bombs generate temperatures above 3,500oC at the impact site, capable not only of killing, but of completely anchoring a human body in a few seconds.
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