Israel / OPT: Fuelling conflict: Foreign arms supplies to Israel/Gaza

Index Number: MDE 15/012/2009
Date Published: 23 February 2009
Categories: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Both Israel and Hamas used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians. This briefing contains fresh evidence on the munitions used during the three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel and includes information on the supplies of arms to all parties to the conflict. It explains why Amnesty International is calling for a cessation of arms supplies to the parties to the conflict and calling on the United Nations to impose a comprehensive arms embargo.