"At dawn on August 10, 2024, Yasmin Mahani walked through the smoking ruins of al-Tabin school in Gaza City, searching for her son, Saad. She found her husband screaming, but of Saad, there was no trace. I went into the mosque and found myself stepping on flesh and blood, Mahani told Al Jazeera Arabic for an investigation that aired on Monday. She searched hospitals and morgues for days. We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part."
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel's systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]. The investigation detailed how specific chemical compositions in Israeli munitions turn human bodies into ash in seconds. Vasily Fatigarov, a Russian military expert, explained that thermobaric weapons do not just kill; they obliterate matter."
Civil Defence teams in Gaza documented 2,842 Palestinians who have evaporated since the war began in October 2023, leaving only blood spray or small fragments of flesh. Families search ruins, hospitals and morgues for missing loved ones and often find no bodies to bury. Experts and witnesses attribute the disappearances to the use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric munitions capable of producing extreme heat and a vacuum effect. Specific chemical additives such as aluminium, magnesium and titanium prolong burning and raise explosion temperatures into the thousands of degrees Celsius, reportedly incinerating bodies in seconds. Reported deaths in the conflict exceed 72,000 people.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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