Israël gebruikte onconventionele wapens in Gaza, zegt Noorse chirurg in Gaza
Door Daan de Wit
Israël heeft waarschijnlijk onconventionale wapens gebruikt in de Gaza-oorlog. Dat zegt de Noorweegse chirurg Mads Gilbert tegen het Franse persbureau AFP. Gilbert was gedurende oorlog werkzaam in het Al Shifa-ziekenhuis in Gaza. In een interview [video] zegt hij: 'I can tell you that we have clear evidence that the Israelis are using a new type of very high explosive weapons which are called Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) and are made out of a tungsten alloy. [...] Almost all of the patients we have received have these severe amputations. They seem to have been affected by this kind of weapon'. Gilberts visie wordt gesteund door 'Paola Manduca, a genetics professor and member of the Genova based ‘New weapons committee’ comprising researchers from all over the world studying the effects of new weapons on individuals and populations': 'We are in contact with the doctors working in Gaza, we have seen the images, already studied the weapons used by Israel in Lebanon in 2006 and we have reached the conclusion that the wounds we are seeing in Gaza are identical to those seen in Lebanon; there DIME and white phosphorous weapons were used. Volgens Erik Fosse, een dokter die met Gilbert samenwerkte in Gaza, heeft poeder van het extra harde tungsten-metaal dat zich in het wapen bevindt het effect van granaatscherven, maar zonder dat het eenvoudig is te traceren in de patiënt. 'It was as if they had stepped on a mine, but there was no shrapnel in the wounds," he said. "Some had lost their legs. It looked as though they had been sliced off. I have been to war zones for 30 years, but I have never seen such injuries before', zegt Fosse. 'It seems to be some sort of explosive or shell that disperses tiny particles at around 1x1 or 2x1 millimetres that penetrate all organs, these miniature injuries, you are not able to attack them surgically', aldus de Duitse arts Jan Brommundt. Gibert verwacht dat de overlevenden kanker zullen ontwikkelen als gevolg van blootstelling aan deze wapens. Volgens Fosse is het risico op kanker door het tungstenpoeder bekend en 'these patients should be followed up to see if there are any carcinogenic effects'. Het wapen, dat bij explosie een radius heeft van zo'n vier meter, is door het Amerikaanse Air Force Research Laboratory in samenwerking met het Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ontwikkeld [video] als precisiebom. 'The problem is that most of the patients I saw were children. If they [the Israelis] are trying to be accurate, it seems obvious these weapons were aimed at children', zegt Erik Fosse. Gilbert in een interview met Sky News: 'This is an all out war against the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza and we can prove that with the numbers and you have to remember that the average age of the Gaza inhabitant is 17-years'. Gilbert is niet onomstreden. Hij is lid van de linkse politieke partij Rødt [Rood] en heeft gezegd dat hij voor een terroristische aanval is op de VS. Volgens een man die Gilbert goed kent, de hoofdredacteur van de Noorse krant Nordlys, is het doen van die uitspraak het 'stomste dat Mads ooit heeft gedaan'. 'Gilbert told FOXNews.com that he is neither anti-Israeli nor anti-American. "I did my Ph.D. research in the United States at the University of Iowa in Iowa City," Gilbert said. "I have hundreds of American friends and I have many, many Jewish friends. "I have nothing against the people of Israel. I have nothing against the Jews. In fact, I think that one of the worst things that happened in history was the Holocaust." But Gilbert said he and NORWAC do not hide their pro-Palestinian bias in the Hamas-Israel conflict. "We support the Palestinian people, and that's absolutely no secret that we have been supporting the Palestinian people for many years," Gilbert said. "We have been working tirelessly to improve the medical conditions through systematic training and teaching.... "I do not support the wall on the West Bank and I do not support the siege of Gaza," he said. "This is very simple. If that is biased, so be it. Call me biased."' Clustermunitie Onderzoek naar oorlogsmisdaden
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