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Call for UN to investigate Israel’s use of depleted uranium in Gaza

Israel Uses Depleted Uranium against Palestinians in Gaza TEHRAN (FNA) 24 Jan 2010 – A London-based Palestinian activist announced that the buildings damaged in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli onslaught last year all showed signs of contamination with depleted uranium.“The ruined buildings and debris left of the Israeli attack on Gaza are contaminated with depleted uranium and similar types of weapons,” Samma Habib, spokesperson of the Palestinian Return Center in London, told FNA.

The activist quoted international nuclear experts as saying that the contaminated materials will be severely destructive and hazardous to the Palestinian expatriates in the long run.

Habib criticized the United Nations for its inefficiency in providing the Palestinian people with proper services, saying that the international body has avoided proper measures to clean the contaminated areas.

The activist called on the UN to launch a probe into the type of weapons used by the Israeli troops during the 22-day long war on Gaza last year.

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January 26, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, Israel | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium