Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-12 10:37:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3CEB405245F1B53EC44D171C3179409F76CBCDF80C1244E83294F0CFD80E5F47
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Original Note:
The video shows white phosphorous used as an incendiary weapon. Incendiary weapons are always illegal for use in civilian inhabited areas. https://geneva-s3.unoda.org/static-unoda-site/pages/templates/the-convention-on-certain-conventional-weapons/PROTOCOL%2BIII.pdf The IDF's use of WP has caused civilians casualties in the past. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/myths-and-realities-about-incendiary-weapons
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