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February
13, 2001: Over forty new gas victims, “including a number
of children..from 1 to 5 years-old”, arrived at Al-Nasser Hospital and the
hospital of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. (1)
American filmmaker James
Longley arrived in Khan Younis in the middle of a gas attack. That afternoon
he began filming the victims. His award-winning film, Gaza
Strip, provided the best documentation to date of an Israeli
posion gas attack. (2)
AFX News Limited: “Palestinian
security services have accused the Israeli army of using nerve gas during a gunbattle
yesterday….the army has strongly denied the charges.” (3)
The Voice of Palestine:
“Specialists believe that this is an internationally banned nerve gas.”
Those who inhaled the gas “suffered a nervous breakdown and vomited blood.”
(4)
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Mother
and Children, Khan Younis - Q: Are the spots on your baby’s face
from the gas? A: “All of it is from the gas. He didn’t
have anything on his face before. He’s started wheezing when he breathes.
And his chest aches. His chest never bothered him before.” |
Gas
Attacks in Khan Younis, February 2001: Interviews with victims and medical personnel
by James Longley, producer of Gaza
Strip. For full text and photos, see Interviews |
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