Confronted with the latest evidence, an IDF spokeswoman insisted that the M825A1 shell was not a WP type. “This is what we call a quiet shell - it is empty, it has no explosives and no white phosphorus. There is nothing inside it,” she said.
“We shoot it to mark the target before we launch a real shell. We launch two or three of the quiet shells which are empty so that the real shells will be accurate. It's not for killing people,” she said.
типа, там пустая оболочка и никакого фосфора, так, для пристрелки
кстати, пишут, что использование белого фосфора против гражданского населения запрещено -
The use of white phosphorus against civilians is prohibited under international law.
