US EditionIsrael used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
Al Jazeera links Israel’s use of thermal and thermobaric weapons to 2,842 Palestinian deaths, with munitions reaching temperatures over 3,500°C and leaving almost no remains.
- 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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An Al Jazeera investigation reveals how Israeli forces literally dispersed 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza using thermal and thermobaric weapons supplied to Israel by the US.
Probe reveals Israeli use of extreme heat weapons in Gaza
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – An investigation says US-supplied thermal weapons used by the Israeli regime in Gaza since October 2023 may have generated temperatures high enough to leave nearly 3,000 Palestinians with no recoverable remains.
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
Al Jazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians.At dawn on August 10, 2024, Yasmin Mahani walked through the smoking ruins of al-Tabin school in Gaza City, searching for her son, Saad. She found her husband screaming, but of Saad, there was no trace.“I went into the mosque and found myself stepping on flesh and blood,” Mahani told Al Jazeera Arab…
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Thousands of Gazans ‘evaporated’ by Israeli 'vacuum' bombs, probe finds
GAZA —Thousands of Palestinians have disappeared since the start of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza as the Zionist army reportedly used high-temperature weapons capable of vaporizing human tissue, a major investigation has revealed.The Rest of the Story, which aired on Al Jazeera on Monday, documented the disappearance of at least 2,842 Palestinians, citing data compiled by Gaza's Civil Defense teams...
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