A/HRC/3/2 page 146 219 Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission- National Council for Scientific Research. Preliminary Findings- Depleted Uranium Post Conflict Assessment Mission [no date on the document]. 220 Document submitted to the Commission by UNIFIL. 221 Conal Urquhart. “Israeli admits it used phosphorus weapons” The Guardian, 23 October 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1929007,00.html (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 222 The newspaper Haaretz quotes Israeli soldiers as saying the army used phosphorous shells. Meron Rapoport “When rockets and phosphorous cluster, Haaretz, 17 September 2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761910.html (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 223 Meron Rapoport. “Italian probe: Israel used new weapon prototype in Gaza Strip”, Haaretz, 11 October 2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772933.html (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 224 The weapon can be launched from drones and is said to produce microscopic particles which cannot be seen by x-ray machines. It is reputed to comprise a carbon-fiber casing filled with tungsten powder and explosives. In the explosion, tungsten particles are spread at very high temperature causing death. 225 The Commission was told at the Najem hospital in Tyre that the most significant injuries were burns that had never been seen before and could not be explained. The same was told to the Commission at the Tyre Governmental Hospital and at the Hiram Hospital in Tyre. 226 These are weapons that disperse an aerosol cloud of fuel which is ignited by an embedded detonator to produce an explosion. The overpressure so produced flattens all objects within close proximity of the centre of the explosion. 227 Israeli Defense Forces. “IDF naval vessels enforce blockade on Lebanon waters”, 13 July 2006 http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7& docid=54287&Pos=26&last=0&bScope=False (retrieved on 8 November 2006). A similar argument was made to justify the disabling of the Rafik Hariri International Airport: “Beirut’s airport is used as a central hub for the transfer of weapons and supplies to Hezbollah. The Hezbollah terrorist organization operates undisturbed from within Lebanon, and constitutes a severe terrorist threat to Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, as was proved in yesterday’s attack.” Israeli Defense Forces. “IDF targets runways and fuel tanks at the Beirut airport” 14 July 2006 http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=54362&Pos=13&last=0&bS cope=False (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 228 Israeli Defense Forces. “IDF naval vessels enforce blockade on Lebanon waters”, 13 July 2006 http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7& docid=54287&Pos=26&last=0&bScope=False (retrieved on 8 November 2006).