毎日新聞のこの記事で言及されている「元英軍少佐の軍事専門家、チャールズ・ヘイマン氏」のコメント。
- Times Online, December 5, 2008, "Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells"
The Geneva Treaty of 1980 stipulates that white phosphorus should not be used as a weapon of war in civilian areas, but there is no blanket ban under international law on its use as a smokescreen or for illumination. However, Charles Heyman, a military expert and former major in the British Army, said: “If white phosphorus was deliberately fired at a crowd of people someone would end up in The Hague. White phosphorus is also a terror weapon. The descending blobs of phosphorus will burn when in contact with skin.”
ちなみにイスラエルはICCの「国際刑事裁判所に関するローマ規程」（リンク先はPDF）を締結していないようなので、「特別の合意」がなければイスラエルではICCは権限を行使できないようである。素人判断だけど。
